I read about this in Art Knowledge News. The following is a direct quote from the article:

I am so fascinated by these discoveries and at the obvious link to modern man. Who are we, really? 35,000 years ago someone made a sculpture and it appears to have a loop on the back for possibly slipping a cord into so that it might be suspended or worn. And we continue to make images....

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