lantruong:

whizpurr:

kaijuno:

This delicate tiny carving of a water bird was created c. 33,000 years ago.

Thought to be a diver, cormorant, or duck, the figure is from beak to tail 4.7 cm long.

The sculpted piece of mammoth ivory, found in Hohle Fels cave in Germany, may be the earliest representation of a bird.

fruitandflowercrowns:

my archive

source

howloopyisthat:

From alookseeblog

nemfrog:

Snow crystal. Art-studies from nature. 1872.

internet Archive

nobrashfestivity:

These giraffe images are about 18 feet high, located on a high, curving slope at Dabous, Niger in the Aïr Mountains. They were made ca. 7000 BCE. More than 800 smaller rock engravings are nearby. Photo Matthew Paulson, 2015. Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; cropped at left.

mosertone:

Figura de La Tolita,
Esmeraldas, Ecuador
100 a.C.- 100 d.C

digital-age:

source: @pppollen on Twitter