The 20cm-long, 3cm-wide stone object, which is dated to be about 28,000 years old, was buried in the famous Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura.

[...]

Its life size suggests it may well have been used as a sex aid by its Ice Age makers, scientists report.

"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints," explained Professor Nicholas Conard, from the department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, at Tübingen University.

"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Researchers believe the object's distinctive form and etched rings around one end mean there can be little doubt as to its symbolic nature.

"It's highly polished; it's clearly recognisable," said Professor Conard.

The region where it was found has produced a series of important archaeological finds, such as The Venus of Willendorf:

Current evidence indicates that the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany was one of the central regions of cultural innovations after the arrival of modern humans in Europe some 40,000 years ago.

These innovations continue into the present day...

Snottlebocket

Netherlands

March 2004

JUL 25, 2005 07:24 AM

sounds like they're jumping a bit to conclusions when they say it was probably used as a sex toy simply because it's "lifesized"
so the only way to make a phallic symbol that doesn't immediately get's labeled as a sex toy is to make it either teeny tiny or at least 6 ft long?

Maraxia

United Kingdom

March 2005

JUL 25, 2005 07:39 AM

hahahah good point...

Fifty50

Germany

June 2005

JUL 25, 2005 07:45 AM

Hahaha, it's great to be living in Germany

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

JUL 25, 2005 07:46 AM

Snottlebocket said:
sounds like they're jumping a bit to conclusions when they say it was probably used as a sex toy simply because it's "lifesized"
so the only way to make a phallic symbol that doesn't immediately get's labeled as a sex toy is to make it either teeny tiny or at least 6 ft long?

Its life size suggests it may well have been used as a sex aid by its Ice Age makers, scientists report.

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUL 25, 2005 07:52 AM

The article leaves out the fact that it was also found in an Ice Aged bed-side table, which greatly supports their assertion.

xokatyxo

United Kingdom

December 2004

JUL 25, 2005 08:17 AM

Idjiit said:
The article leaves out the fact that it was also found in an Ice Aged bed-side table, which greatly supports their assertion.

Bwahahaha!

prmfff

Switzerland

July 2005

JUL 25, 2005 08:33 AM

great .
something really important from my swabian home.

first the dildo, than the car - and than me?

ErikC

Austin, TX

August 2004

JUL 25, 2005 08:52 AM

Man, I don't know what it means to knapp flint... but it doesn't sound like something I want to do with my member.

Girl: Erik, the bridge is going to collapse on us if we don't knapp up some flint right now! Surely we must have SOME instrument that could do the job...
Me: *upper lip trembles*

ericsykespistols

United Kingdom

June 2005

JUL 25, 2005 09:00 AM

Wouldn't that take ages to warm up?
In spite of where it purpotedly went?

Trust the Germans. Filthy race, I know, I'm half German.

Have you ever seen the gearstick in a VW POLO?

*shudder*

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO

April 2004

JUL 25, 2005 09:04 AM

hmmm, looks more like a war club to me...

stockula

Anchorage, AK

May 2003

JUL 25, 2005 09:09 AM

There are Greek plays where they talk about what towns make the best dildos. But those are just 2500 years old.

ericsykespistols

United Kingdom

June 2005

JUL 25, 2005 09:13 AM

There are Greek plays where they talk about what towns make the best dildos. But those are just 2500 years old.

Ha, Ha, you learn something new every day.

Myra

SUICIDEGIRL

Germany

JUL 25, 2005 09:33 AM

SomeOneUK said:
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Must've been a hard cunt

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

JUL 25, 2005 09:38 AM

Myra said:

SomeOneUK said:
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Must've been a hard cunt

"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints"

Tadzi

Greeley, CO

April 2003

JUL 25, 2005 09:41 AM

but nothuing about the kleenex they found on the other side of the room? how one-sided.

Myra

SUICIDEGIRL

Germany

JUL 25, 2005 09:45 AM

Keith said:

Myra said:

SomeOneUK said:
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Must've been a hard cunt

"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints"

What the...

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUL 25, 2005 09:53 AM

Myra said:

SomeOneUK said:
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Must've been a hard cunt

They don't call it the "Ice Age" for nothin'.

loper_just_loper

Broken Arrow, OK

January 2005

JUL 25, 2005 10:57 AM

Keith said:

Myra said:

SomeOneUK said:
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.

Must've been a hard cunt

"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints"

yeah, i knap flints with my dick all the time

Oxalis

Chicago, IL

April 2005

JUL 25, 2005 11:56 AM

ErikC said:
Man, I don't know what it means to knapp flint... but it doesn't sound like something I want to do with my member.

Girl: Erik, the bridge is going to collapse on us if we don't knapp up some flint right now! Surely we must have SOME instrument that could do the job...
Me: *upper lip trembles*

BAH HAhahahahah! *tear* Hahahahaha!

XmilitaryXmikeX

Fort Worth, TX

August 2004

JUL 25, 2005 12:10 PM

from the makers of scheisse and snuff films, comes The Quest for Orgasm: The Prehistoric Dildo Story.

Siv

SUICIDEGIRL

District Of Columbia, USA

JUL 25, 2005 01:02 PM

Someone please explain the metric system to me.

funktion

I'm lost

June 2003

JUL 25, 2005 01:05 PM

yeah because sticking a big cold stone in you is sooo erotic

waldo

I'm lost

June 2004

JUL 25, 2005 01:11 PM

Siv said:
Someone please explain the metric system to me.

It's about 8 inches long and a bit less than an inch and a quarter across.

Eddie

SUICIDEGIRL

British Columbia, Canada

JUL 25, 2005 02:24 PM

I the metric system!

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