Photo (top) and 3D reconstruction using microtomography (bottom) of the miniature bird sculpture ... carver's tools left on the surface of the figurine, and determined that the sculptor ...

The ancient Paleolithic bird figurine, carved from a blackened bone, dates to 13,500 years ago, according to radiocarbon testing. The critical find potentially changes our understanding of ancient ...

This photograph does not show a zunzuncito, but rather a miniature figurine. An image supposedly showing the world's smallest bird, a zunzuncito, was widely circulated on social media in 2019.

Scientists unearthed the miniature carving at the site of Lingjing ... representing the world around them -- for instance, the bird figurine has a number of features not seen in other Paleolithic ...

They also uncovered several artifacts, including pottery sherds, burned animal remains, and the bird figurine, which is carved from bone and shaped like a songbird on a pedestal. Using radiocarbon ...

A miniature bird carved from bone ... The earliest known carved human and animal figures sculpted from mammoth ivory date from a much earlier period, up to 40,000 years ago, found in the Swabian ...

Photograph and 3D μ-CT reconstitution of the miniature bird figurine discovered at Lingjing (Henan Province, China), dated to 13 500 years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...