The oldest known anthropomorphic animal carving by Janet Carr Posted on June 17, 2022May 24, 2022 Lion-man, the oldest known anthropomorphic animal carving in the world – 38,000 BCE. Carved from mammoth ivory using flint stone tools. (Found in a German cave in 1939) Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmailTumblrPocketPrintRedditLike this:Like Loading...