Stone Age Discovery: Ancient Sex Toy?

OK, let's not be shy about this. Swedish archeologists have uncovered a prehistoric artifact made out of antler bone that looks like a modern dildo.

The phallic-shaped object, which may be as much as 6,000 years old, measures twelve by two centimeters. But deciding what exactly they came up with is the hard part for archeologists.

Phallic carving from Stone Age

/ Gsran Gruber of the National Heritage Board

Compared with findings at other Stone Age sites in Europe, experts say it is more common to find female fertility symbols, according to Gsran Gruber of the National Heritage Board in Sweden. In contrast, he noted, male fertility symbols are relatively rare.

Another Swedish archaeologist, Martin Rundkvist, cautioned that there were "many non-dildoish uses for which it may have been intended."

Still, he wrote on his blog "without doubt anyone alive at the time of its making would have seen the penile similarities just as easily as we do today. If it is actually a pressure-flaker for fine flint knapping, then this would tell us something about how such work was conceptualized in terms of gender."

The region where the artifact was found is rich in Mesolithic sites. Most of the excavations near Sweden's Motala River have  turned up large numbers of bone and wood artifacts - mainly harpoon and leister points, according to Rundkvist.

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[toyseller]

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[toyseller]

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[toyseller]

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[VermontCooper]

I have found two of these in Vermont... No one was interested, except persons who wanted me to donate them... Most were embarassed.

[LostinEcstasy]

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[maxmol]

What you have all missed is the funniest thing of all. I'm guessing no one at CBS knows Swedish or if someone does he's hilarious because the Swedish text in the picture reads "size doesn't matter!"

[mabyale]

That thing does not look like a male organ to me. Why do we speculate even when the relationship is so remote? Plus is this really news?

[alligator_breath]

What male organ have you been looking at? Your comment is hilarious.

[itsmeje62]

Fossilized souvenir from a greatgreatgreatgreatgreat(etc) ancestor of Lorena Bobbitt????

[BCSBUDDY]

Wish my wife would find one like this. Would save me $$$$ big time on the cost of batteries.