Ancient owl-shaped slate engraved plaques, dating from about 5,000 years ago in the Iberian Peninsula, may have been created by children as toys, suggests a paper published in Scientific Reports.
Children may have created ancient owl-shaped slate engraved plaques, dating from around 5,000 years, as toys – putting them top of the wish list, according to a new study. Researchers looked at ...
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Young narrator Janie has long been fascinated by owls: “Perfectly stout. Large, round eyes. Silent, knowing faces. Birds of the night.” In drawings filled with carefully hatched detail, Caldecott ...