Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000-Year-Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest

Sep 21, 2026 - 13:30
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Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000-Year-Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest
Mizyn figurines. Image credit: Radchenko et al., doi: 10.1038/s40494-026-02988-5.

Roughly 18,000 years ago, in what is now northern Ukraine, artists carved small female figurines from mammoth ivory and covered them with zigzags and meanders.

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