A four-holed piece of ivory provides a glimpse into ancient rope-making
Four or five people might have worked together to make meters-long rope in minutes
A 20-centimeter-long piece of mammoth ivory sporting four carved holes, shown here from different angles, helped scientists untangle how Central Europeans may have made rope 35,000 to 40,000 years ago.
N.J. Conard et al/Science Advances 2024