A discovery in Turkey has suggested that ancient humans had a stronger concept of individual human identity and artistic realism much earlier than previously thought.
Archaeologists working at Karahantepe, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, unearthed the earliest stone carving of a human face.
Karahantepe represents one of the earliest known centers of organized human culture, featuring massive T-shaped pillars and stone enclosures dating to around 10,000 BCE, making it roughly 12,000 years old.