Ancient bird figurine recovered from refuse heap the oldest instance of East Asian 3D art (IMAGE)

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Ancient bird figurine recovered from refuse heap the oldest instance of East Asian 3D art

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Photograph and 3D μ-CT reconstitution of the miniature bird figurine discovered at Lingjing (Henan Province, China), dated to 13 500 years ago.

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Francesco d'Errico and Luc Doyon

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