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[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

There are many non-dildoish uses for which it may have been intended but without doubt anyone at the time would have seen the penile similarities - Dr. Martin Rundkvist, archaeologist

Brilliant.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 26 points 2 days ago

Looking at those all day is enough to break anyone.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right up there with "they were roomates".

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“fertility totems”, surely, “for religious or ceremonial uses”.

Maybe the uses were only masturbating oneself to orgasm with them, though it must be noted that this was done as solemn, mystical propitiation to fertility gods, rather than purely for sexual gratification.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, if I'm busy all week a-huntin' and a-gatherin' I'd make a ceremony of it too. Didn't even have Instagram to scroll, so why not luxuriate?

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Would it help if it was described as a "religious experience"?

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love it when adverts get placed next to dildos 🤣

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wtf is up with humanity's primordial fascination with cut dicks?

[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

"Totally retracred or cut" means either the foreskin is cut or that it's just pulled back.

We don't know if it's cut or not, we can only speculate it looks like one.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's hard to cut body parts intricately. Idk.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

F in the chat for all the improvised fleshlights that did not survive the march of time. Not even an ancient cum sock.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably made out of squishy animal bits instead of the bones.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

still practiced to this day in wales

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago
[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

Well if they were soft to look at, they wouldn't be much use would they?

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Great... Now thats also part of my browser history

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i always use private for links. I think it's a firefox setting on mobile

Damn I had no idea, you made my day

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

If you drew eyes on them, any of the lady image could become characters in a Ghibli movie.

[–] Typhoonigator@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why are they circumsized? Surely it would have been less work to leave the stone foreskin uncut.

[–] glilimith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

I suspect many of the uncut ones are less obvious and thus may have had their purpose misidentified. Also, it's unclear if these are cut or merely retracted

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because our ancestors didn't get up their own ass about buzzwords.

They got up their own ass about manhood rites instead.

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the tools on display in the article are anything to go by, there is a distinct possibility they just got up their own ass.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

shouldn't they have flared bases?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Well, none of them are still alive, that should be a hint

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for sharing!

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago