German and Russian scientists tested samples from the idol’s core when more advanced technology proved an even earlier origin of roughly 11,600 years ago before the group studied it again and the date was pushed back an additional 900 years.The fascinating find is said to have been carved during times of tremendous climate changes and experts estimate the art was used as means of coming to terms with new landscapes.“The idol was carved during an era of great climate change when early forests were spreading across a warmer late-glacial to postglacial Eurasia,” Dr.
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