Scientists working with the Natural History Museum of Vienna may have uncovered the origin of the Venus of Willendorf, a 30,000-year-old figurine originally unearthed 114 years ago in Lower Austria ...

The prehistoric 'Venus of Willendorf' figurine pictured at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. The Venus of Willendorf, a figurine estimated to have been made around 25,000 to 30,000 years ...

Scattered across the archeological sites of the Eurasian continent, hundreds of female-shaped statues have resurfaced, dating back to more than 40,000 years ago. Colloquially known as “Venus” statues, ...

The Venus of Willendorf, estimated at between 25,000 to 30,000 years old, has long been a source of contemporary mystery and intrigue, and for good reason — little was known about its origins and ...

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What it is: A lifelike figurine of a Neolithic woman carved out of the ivory core of a mammoth tusk. Where it was found: Inside the Grotte du Pape ("Pope's Cave") in Brassempouy, a village in France, ...

Venus figurine during scanning(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna) Venus of Willendorf(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna ...

Co-authored with Journay Clinch, MA candidate, Psychology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Scattered across the archeological sites of the Eurasian continent, hundreds of ...