A small and perhaps unremarkable looking rock was recently discovered at a site in Mongolia. Controversially dated to 42,000-years-ago, a scientist has presented the find as one of the oldest crafted phallus-shaped artifacts in the world. But not everyone is convinced.

Pareidolia is a captivating cognitive phenomenon whereby humans perceive familiar patterns in random stimuli, like seeing ducks in clouds or faces in burning firewood. This time the crunching question is whether an archaeologist has truly identified the oldest carved cock rock ever found, or is it a figment of her imagination?

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The so-called “phallic-pendant” was discovered in 2016 at an archaeological site called Tolbor, in Mongolia’s northern Khangai Mountains. This site offers a captivating window into Mongolia’s ancient civilizations and their artistic expressions, as Tolbor boasts well-preserved Paleolithic rock art , carved petroglyphs and burial mounds.

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