Now a researcher from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus believes he’s gathered enough evidence to solve the mystery behind these curious totems. .
“Some of the earliest art in the world are these mysterious figurines of overweight women from the time of hunter gatherers in Ice Age Europe where you would not expect to see obesity at all,” said Johnson, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine specializing in renal disease and hypertension.It was during these desperate times that the obese Venus figurines appeared.“We propose they conveyed ideals of body size for young women, and especially those who lived in proximity to glaciers,” said Johnson, who in addition to being a physician has an undergraduate degree in anthropology.So the Venus figurines may have been imbued with a spiritual meaning – a fetish or magical charm of sorts that could protect a woman through pregnancy, birth and nursing. .
Many Venus figurines are well-worn, indicating that they were heirlooms passed down from mother to daughter through generations? Promoting obesity, said Johnson, ensured that the band would carry on for another generation in these most precarious of climatic conditions.“The figurines emerged as an ideological tool to help improve fertility and survival of the mother and newborns,” Johnson said.Reference: “Upper Paleolithic Figurines Showing Women with Obesity may Represent Survival Symbols of Climatic Change” by Richard J.“The figurines emerged as an ideological tool to help improve fertility and survival of the mother and newborns,â€The girl is given a venus amulet by her mother in law when she is arranged for her son during a meeting of the tribes as a welcoming gift as, she is to leave the meeting with her new clan, serving to make clear the mother in law’s and her new clan’s expectations
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