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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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B b c radio four is a history of the world in a hundred objects. This week, we look at an object that's 13 thousand years old. It was made during the end of the last ice age and found in France. A sculpture carved from the tusk of a mammoth also featured. Why do all modern humans share the compulsion to make works of art?

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