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Tiny Ice Age bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory uncovered in German cave

Jul 30 · Entertainment DEU

Two miniature bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory roughly 40,000 years ago have been unearthed in the Hohle Fels cave on Germany's Swabian Alb, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nicholas Conard of the University of Tübingen announced the discovery on July 29, 2026, calling it the

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zeit.de DEU Elfenbeinvögel von Vorfahren: Mini-Vögel aus Elfenbein in Unesco-Höhle entdeckt derstandard.at AUT 40.000 Jahren alt: Zwei winzige Elfenbeinvögel aus der Eiszeit entdeckt dw.com DEU "Hallazgo del año": encuentran aves de marfil de 40.000 años

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spiegel.de DEU (S+) Schwäbischen Alb: Forscher finden winzige Elfenbeinfiguren aus der Steinzeit

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dn.se · Aug 2 · Translated from Swedish

Discovery in record drought: Mammoth bones

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Portuguese

Germany: 40,000-year-old mammoth ivory bird figures discovered

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Italian

Discovery in German cave: 40,000-year-old mammoth ivory bird figurines

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Arabic

Discovery of carved bird figurines from mammoth ivory dating back 40,000 years in a cave in Germany

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Greek

40,000-year-old bird figures from mammoth ivory found in German cave

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Spanish

40,000-year-old mammoth ivory bird figurines found in German cave

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from French

40,000-year-old bird sculptures, hidden treasures of a German cave

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Hungarian

Bird figurines carved from mammoth tusk, 40,000 years old, found in a German cave

euronews.com · Aug 1 · Translated from Russian

Discovery in a German cave: 40,000-year-old bird figurines made from mammoth bone

euronews.com · Aug 1

Find in German cave: 40,000-year-old mammoth ivory bird figures discovered

dw.com · Jul 30 · Translated from Spanish

"Discovery of the year": 40,000-year-old ivory birds found

europapress.es · Jul 30 · Translated from Spanish

Cranial fossil of the genus Homo over 200,000 years old discovered at the Ruidera site (Ciudad Real)

derstandard.at · Jul 30 · Translated from German

40,000 years old: Two tiny ivory birds from the ice age discovered

zeit.de · Jul 29 · Translated from German

Ivory birds from ancestors: Mini birds made of ivory discovered in Unesco cave

spiegel.de · Jul 29 · Translated from German

Microscopic ivory figures from the stone age found in the Swabian Alb

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