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Shigir Idol, The Oldest Known Wooden Sculpture In The World, First Discovered In 1890, In The Ural Mountains In Russia, Has Come To Be Symbolic. The Idol, Dated To ~12,250 Years Old, Has Come To Indicate That The People Of The Period, Who Created It, Contrary To What Researchers Originally Thought, Had An Appreciation For Sophisticated Art.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-oldest-known-wooden-statue-is-even-older-than-we-thought

The further back in time you go, the sparser the archaeological record grows. Many materials used by humans – wood, leather, fabric – simply don’t last and are swallowed by Earth under the implacable march of time. The Shigir Idol, in that context,