These carvings from Turkey, at Klaus Schmidt’s archeological discovery Gobekli Tepe. According to the Smithsonian, this location may be the oldest set of man-made structures, pre-dating Stonehenge by 6,000 years.

And to think, some people who have nice and neat tools now can’t even make things nearly this articulate and anatomically correct.

See [A Tiny City] for the scoop and perspective, [Smithsonian Magazine] for the original post, and if the link is broken or down, view the archive at [Minipop].


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