Seems like graphics have gotten a bit better since then
12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed
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#12What a crazy week for old things discovered this statue at Göbekli Tepe and the 400,000 year-old notched lumber beams in Zambia.
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#13If you're interested in learning more about these incredible Turkish archaeological sites, I can't recommend the YouTube channel Miniminuteman [0] enough. Milo is extremely passionate about his field of study and makes highly entertaining and informative videos about archaeology and anthropology, including a recent series where he became the first real archaeologist ever to be allowed to film a documentary on-site at Karahantepe! [1]
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#14The last couple of pictures, of the eyes and the bird, are really neat. Göbeklitepe continues to provide interesting results. It's kind of comforting and exciting that we have so much yet to uncover about the past.
I take great comfort in trying to figure out why these sites were buried. I believe the current understanding is that that were carefully covered with dirt contemporaneously with usage.
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#15That's not what I consider a "realistic human statue" ?
On hacker news everything is 0% or 100%.
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#16That's not what I consider a "realistic human statue" ?
That’s what people looked like back then.
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#17If you're interested in learning more about these incredible Turkish archaeological sites, I can't recommend the YouTube channel Miniminuteman [0] enough. Milo is extremely passionate about his field of study and makes highly entertaining and informative videos about archaeology and anthropology, including a recent series where he became the first real archaeologist ever to be allowed to film a documentary on-site at…
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#18That's not what I consider a "realistic human statue" ?
I beg to differ- how does that not look exactly like us
https://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/...
From the better link someone posted below:
https://themindcircle.com/new-gobeklitepe-and-karahantepe-fi...
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#19The recent excavations unearthed a painted wild boar statue, a human statue, and a vulture statue. All statues are new gateways to understanding pre-historic art and culture.
Not being snarky but the big deal is we're pushing back the line (read: year / era) dividing pre-history from history. These discoveries became history now, yes?
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#20That's not what I consider a "realistic human statue" ?
Yeah I was expecting something like a greek statue with very realistic human features, but I guess this is still astounding since other statues of the time are even less anthropomorphous.