An ivory carving of a female figure is being called the oldest known sculpture of the human form in today’s edition of Nature. The figurine was discovered in fragments in Germany’s Hohle Fels cave last September, and is thought to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old.   Nicholas Conard of the University of Tubingen, and Marina Malina, an archaeological technician on the Hohle Fels excavation team, talk about their discovery in this video from Nature.    Learn more about Nicholas Conard’s work right here at ARCHAEOLOGY.

Here’s more information on the small pyramid and ritual center built by the Tarascan Empire that was discovered in central Mexico by a team from Colorado State University.  

Traces of five 3,000-year-old houses have been found in an area north of Amsterdam that had been thought to be too wet to be inhabitable. Each house was surrounded by a drainage ditch that channeled water away from the settlement.  

Iraqi archaeologists have been learning about recent technological advances at Chicago’s Field Museum. This article mentions what the visitors have to offer in return.  

Neanderthals were sophisticated hunters who adapted their techniques to the environment and prey, according to a study by Dutch researcher Gerrit Dusseldorp.  

Greece will ban chewing gum and high heels from the Herod Atticus Amphitheater at the Acropolis. Offenders could risk a fine and criminal charges.

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