[basfo]

Great find! and I don’t want to underestimate the discovery by any means, but...

We humans are predisposed to see anthropomorphic shapes in things. I understand why that could be interpreted as a face, but at the same time, it could just be a random shape. It’s just a “T” shape. Sure, it could look like a nose and a pair of eyes, but it could also just be... something.

[card_zero]

Other stuff at Karahan Tepe has faces on:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahan_Tepe

And you can look at similar things from the Taş Tepeler sites in general:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C5%9F_Tepeler

The T-obelisk things, with their long skinny arms, do seem to represent figures. I wonder why they have to be that stupid oblong shape at all. Dual purpose as roof supports? Or just tradition, tradition causes wacky things. Looking around the various carvings from related sites, it's also evident that they were greatly interested in penises.

[shawn_w]

>Looking around the various carvings from related sites, it's also evident that they were greatly interested in penises.

Some things never change.

[pavlov]

The translated article provides some backing to the claim that it's a face in a style that matches other finds in the area:

"The arm and hand reliefs on the T-shaped standing stones found in Göbeklitepe and its surroundings have long strengthened the idea that these stones symbolize humans. This new find, which was unearthed in Karahantepe, is described as a new turning point in Neolithic period research with the fact that the human face was carved on a T-shaped standing stone for the first time."

"With its sharp lines, deep eye sockets and blunt nose, it carries a style similar to the human statues found before in Karahantepe."

[Bayart]

> We humans are predisposed to see anthropomorphic shapes in things.

This was sculpted by other modern humans.

[JJMcJ]

Indeed. People 12000 years ago were literally just like people today.