# The invention of snowmen

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invention-of-snowmen/820830 "2018-09-05T20:29:12Z")
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The Venus of Willendorf is something like 30,000 years old. It was carved out of limestone. It takes a lot more work to carve a female figure out of limestone than it does to make one out of snow. So I think we can pretty safely say that Snow Venuses existed 30,000 years ago.

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