# Prehistoric figurines:  why are they always given high-minded motivations?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-figurines-why-are-they-always-given-high-minded-motivations/221261 "2003-12-27T16:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-figurines-why-are-they-always-given-high-minded-motivations/221261/21 "2004-01-05T10:41:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RM Mentock \*  
> **The latest National Geographic has [an article about an artifact](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=231634&) that is speculated to predict eclipses.**

Eh? That’s a link back to this thread…

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-figurines-why-are-they-always-given-high-minded-motivations/221261/22 "2004-01-05T10:45:36Z")

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Oops, try [this one](http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0401/feature4/index.html), or the \<\< Back to Feature Page button on the second link. Sorry.

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