Venus of Tan-Tan

It and its contemporary, the Venus of Berekhat Ram, have been claimed as the earliest representations of the human form.

It was discovered in 1999 during an archaeological survey by Lutz Fiedler, state archaeologist of Hesse, Germany, in a river terrace deposit on the north bank of the Draa River, near the bridge of the N1 national route over the Draa, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the northeast of the Moroccan town of Tan-Tan.

[citation needed] The object, including its "arms" and "legs", was created by natural geological processes.

Then its horizontal grooves were accentuated by carving with a stone tool, emphasizing the artifact's anthropomorphous character.

Professor Stanley Ambrose, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has expressed an opinion (based on Bednarik's work and without studying the object directly) that the rock's shape was a result of natural weathering.