“They were used 9,800 years ago in funeral rites”, says Bilbao archaeologist Juanjo Ibáñez, director of the team that made the discovery
Spanish researchers, led by the Bilbao archaeologist Juanjo Ibáñez, have brought to light in Jordan dozens of human figurines that the inhabitants of a town used 9,800 years ago in funeral rituals. The pieces, between 2 and 5 centimeters, are made of flint, something that makes them unique, as the deposit from which they come,
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