Obsession with Naked Women Dates Back 35,000 Years


	Obsession with Naked Women Dates Back 35,000 Years

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5-14-2009 7:29 PM

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5-14-2009 9:04 PM

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This little figurine has been the topic of several clips and in several news papers; always with something to do with sex. A few years ago this little figurine would have been held up as proof of Goddess worship.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7d2bf69b-1bf6-41a2-9991-6aa78ab45c5b/8ACDDAEC-CE64-4997-9A59-69949F5E9795/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years"><H1>Obsession with Naked Women Dates Back 35,000 Years</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/1D8AD40F-6BB0-4362-B113-142750C7D2E3" alt="A carved ivory female figurine is presented in Tuebingen, southern Germany," /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years"><CITE class="caption">
        AP – A carved ivory female figurine is presented in Tuebingen, southern Germany, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. …        </CITE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090513/sc_livescience/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years"><P>
If human culture seems obsessed with sex lately, it's
nothing new. Archaeologists have discovered the oldest known artistic
representation of a woman - a carved ivory statue of a naked female, dating from
35,000 years ago.
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The <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years/31999642/SIG=17gpgj2hd/*http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=history&c=news&l=on&pic=090513-figurine-02.jpg&cap=Side+and+front+views+of+the+Venus+of+Hohle+Fels.%0D+Credit:+H.+Jensen%3B+Copyright+University+of+Tubingen&title="><SPAN id="lw_1242250144_0" class="yshortcuts">figurine</SPAN></A>, unearthed in September 2008 in Hohle Fels Cave
in southwestern Germany, may be the oldest known example of <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years/31999642/SIG=11t9fkk6j/*http://www.livescience.com/history/070202_greek_nudity.html"><SPAN id="lw_1242250144_1" class="yshortcuts">figurative
art</SPAN></A>, meaning art that is supposed to represent and resemble a real person,
animal or object. The discovery could help scientists understand the origins of
art and the advent of symbolic thinking, including <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/obsessionwithnakedwomendatesback35000years/31999642/SIG=11t5srfdf/*http://www.livescience.com/animals/070430_ape_gestures.html"><SPAN id="lw_1242250144_2" class="yshortcuts">complicated
language</SPAN></A>.
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The fixation wasn't just for naked women, though. Early
carvings of phalluses appeared in Europe at about the same time. 
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Little 'Venus'
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Sex on the brain
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The statue is notable not just for its symbolism, but for
its style - particularly its sexuality.
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