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The Paleolithic Penis: Was it Covered in Tattoos and Piercings?

Sarah Forbes January 22, 2012

Unfortunately, science has few paleolithic penises to study. Due to this shortage, scientists have turned to the art of the time period in search of knowledge. In studying a wealth of phallic objects, a trend of geometric patterns and puncture marks can be witnessed (70% of the penis shaped objects had line designs, and 23% had piercings (they call them "pierced batons") ).These methods of ornamentation have lead some scientists to believe this may have been a reflection of how real bodies were also being decorated. In fact, piercing may have been a form of early medicine.

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"Phallic Decoration in Paleolithic Art: Genital Scarification, Piercing and Tattoos" The Journal of Urology, 2011: 

http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2011/10/28/friday-weird-science-piercing-the-paleolithic-penis/

In Uncategorized Tags paleolithic, penis, penis tattoo, phallic art, piercing, tattoo, The Journal of Urology
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