# Mundane and not Pointless Stone Age Discovery
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 22, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534 "2010-07-22T00:32:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/1 "2010-07-22T00:32:07Z")
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> Last week, an excavation in Sweden turned up an object that bears the unmistakable look of a penis carved out of antler bone. Though scientists can’t be sure exactly what this tool was used for, it’s hard not to leap to conclusions.
Well, one look and I know what it was for. 😃 Ms Caveman didn’t need Ötzi to keep her happy at night.
On a Scientific note, seems like there would be a lot of Cavewoman DNA on the object. Especially if it was used like dildos are today.
If it was some religious object it would be a foot long. Guys always have to exaggerate.
Article includes small picture of a bone carved like a erect penis. You’ve been warned.
> **[Stone Age Carving: Ancient Dildo?](https://www.livescience.com/9971-stone-age-carving-ancient-dildo.html)**
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> Sex toys have come a long way since the Stone Age – but then again, perhaps not as much as we might think.
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### Author:  [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/2 "2010-07-22T00:34:52Z")
Gives new meaning to the word boner.
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/3 "2010-07-22T00:38:12Z")
I think thats what the early cavemen lawyers used as business cards back in the day. Poor little old cave lady was probably involved in mastadoon hit and run accident.
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/4 "2010-07-22T00:41:11Z")
I got a good laugh out of[this](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/3956016_5567d709ee.jpg) when I visited Newgrange as a teen.
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### Author:  [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/5 "2010-07-22T04:08:56Z")
And Swedish no less.
Surprise, surprise.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/6 "2010-07-22T06:29:58Z")
So the Stone Age coincided with the Wood Age.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/7 "2010-07-22T17:10:22Z")
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> It’s not immediately clear whether the tool would have been one most likely to be used by men or women or both.
That was my thought on looking at it…whether it was meant for a man or woman, or both.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-not-pointless-stone-age-discovery/547534/8 "2010-07-22T17:31:49Z")
It’s strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.