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fromOpen Culture
16 hours ago

Behold the First Realistic Depiction of the Human Face (Circa 25,000 BCE)

The Venus of Brassempouy, a 25,000-year-old mammoth ivory carving, represents the earliest realistic human face depiction and marks the dawn of beauty in human culture.
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fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

What Venus Figurines Reveal About Ancient Humans

Venus figurines with exaggerated sexual features appeared over 40,000 years ago and possibly reflect aesthetic aspects of technical cognition.
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