Giant deer, also called Irish elk, lived across most of Eurasia during the Paleolithic, but they were rare north of the Alps at the time of the carving, 50,000 years ago. Pavel.Riha.CB, CC BY-SA 3 ...

The bone comes from a giant deer, also known as an Irish elk (though it's neither Irish nor an elk). The extinct species of deer stood an astounding 6 feet, 11 inches at the shoulders and had the ...

Scientists have discovered a giant deer toe bone, ... A 51,000-Year-Old Bone Carving Supports Neanderthals' Creativity. July 6, 2021 4:34 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By .

The engraved deer bone, which was found in a cave in Germany. ScienceAlert / YouTube According to new research that was published this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, a bone ...

The carving likely held significant symbolic meaning, given the rarity of giant deer north of the alps during this time period. The exact meaning of the patterns, however, is anyone’s guess.

The carving was made on the foot of a giant deer, a majestic animal that was rare in the area and may have had symbolic meaning to the people who killed it, Dr. Terberger said. But is this bone ...

The deer phalanx is inscribed with several ... Newly discovered 51k-year-old carved bone may be world’s oldest ... An engraved deer bone dating back more than 51,000 years may be the oldest ...

A 51,000-year-old engraved deer bone found in Germany indicates that Neanderthals may have had more capacity for abstract thinking than we gave ... The bone carvings were made 51,00 years ...

The 4,000- to 5,000-year-old depictions of deer are the first of their kind found in Scotland. ... 120,000-Year-Old Cattle Bone Carvings May Be World's Oldest Surviving Symbols. February 8, 2021.

In 2019, they began finding stone tools and animal bones—including the curiously carved deer bone—dating back 50,000 years or more, a time when the area was free of glacial ice.