The Oldest Known Sculptures in the World

For thousands of years, our ancestors gave way to their creative expression and created figures from bone, antler, ivory, and stone. The world’s oldest sculptures are often small enough to fit into the palm of your hand and do not come without their fair share of controversy...

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[atomicagc]

He needs to do a top ten of all of his channels. There are so many now lol.

[TriXJester]

I have to wonder how many of those sculptures weren't ritualistic objects but were just toys for ancient children

[JerryCrow]

Pornographic imagery, and brewed alcoholic drinks; The cradle of humanity.

[JustMe-pbep]

fun fact: all of those german artifacts were found within 50km of each other. Greetings from Ulm, where half of them are displayed

[SyrisTheGreat]

It’s amazing how long humans have been around and producing artwork.. it makes me think of the possibility of civilizations existing before the earliest known historical record

[VagabondiOfficialTV]

the oldest sculpture in the world is Mitch McConnell by far..

[spearmintmonkey]

In 30, 000 years, when someone digs up a Skeletor action figure, they’ll think we had some strange gods...

[sharjiljafric-]

The title should have been "the oldest sculptures found in Germany".

[robpatterson]

Awesome info . love it/ something about our origins and any trace or tie to it fascinates me completely

[KRO-]

7:56 Can’t believe furries have been around for 44K years, wow

[kerryann]

Ooo this one looks a fascinating watch. This channel is fantastic!! Certainly taught me so much!

[plinkitee]

Serious question: were all female- looking statues from ancient times called Venus?

[BruceVial]

Wonder when they we’ll find the oldest surviving “Woody Mammoth” figurines.
😂🍺☘️

[codfan]

Do you know... the lion man?
"The lion man"?
THE LION MAN!

[MsRjjulian]

At the beginning of the video, one of Simon's red solo cups lines up perfectly to look like a mini Shiners hat on his head!

[orchidrose]

Kinda cool that essentially broken children’s toys, action figures, and proof humans have always been pervs are now considered art and given religious significance.

[MartinTedder]

That was crazy...I need to take a nap now...

[isaacwilson]

Humans: we will never understand these wierd markings on these sculptures.
Also humans: lets fire a little disk with markings all over it at the stars!

[anarchyantz]

So we have gone from Venus of Berekhat Ram up to 800, 000 years ago to Rule 34 Sonic Fan art on Deviantart in the 21st Century. Going to be interesting to see what future archeologists make of us.

[mariawhite]

I think about how someone once said that the proof of humanity was healed femur bones. And hearing about this makes me also think that maybe just maybe these same people being taken care of decided to carve, and from there. There is where we come about.