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Bison Licking Insect Bite: A 14,000-year-old lifelike figure carved from a weapon

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The figurine depicts a steppe wisent ( Bison priscus), a now-extinct species of bison .

It was crafted from a piece of reindeer antler that was previously used as a spear thrower for hunting.

Archaeologists attribute it to the Magdalenian culture, a culture that existed in Europe between 23,000 and 14,000 years ago .

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