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: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...