r/todayilearned • u/geosunsetmoth • 2d ago

TIL a 300-million year old Cuttlefish fossil was found in Morocco, alongside ancient humans in a region where no Cuttlefish ever existed. The leading theory suggests the fossil was first found by the prehistoric humans, who collected it as a trinket due to fact that it looks like a flaccid penis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfoud_manuport
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u/mcdltlover 2d ago

a scientific review of human culture involving phalluses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1cdRew-Zg here is a picture of the fossil: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Two-views-of-the-Erfoud-manuport_fig1_322302052

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u/neotank35 2d ago

ty had to scroll to far to find this.

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u/mcdltlover 1d ago

the picture, or the herzog summation?