Tiny carved animals found in Turkey tell story of prehistoric myth making

By Ceyda Caglayan and Ali Kucukgocmen

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A set of carved stone animals – a fox, a vulture and a wild boar – is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed by archaeologists in southeastern Turkey.

Dating back some 11,500 years, the trio of figurines found at the Karahantepe archaeological site is the first known example of objects being arranged in a specific way to convey a narrative, archaeologists say.

“Telling a story undoubtedly brings…