ine , ▁( mean ing ▁" l ion - human ") ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁forgotten ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁war , ▁and ▁only ▁re ex am ined ▁following ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁discovery ▁of ▁additional ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁figur ine . ▁Con ard ' s ▁team ▁has ▁been ▁expl oring ▁the ▁Ho he ▁F els ▁site ▁for ▁approximately ▁twenty ▁years . ▁Rec ently ▁they ▁un cover ed ▁more ▁fragments ▁of ▁human ▁female ▁figur ines ▁that ▁date ▁to ▁the ▁Aur ign aci an , ▁an ▁Upper ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁culture , ▁confirm ing ▁dates ▁exceed ed ▁only ▁by ▁the ▁Lö wen m ensch ▁figur ine ▁and ▁that ▁such ▁female ▁figur ines ▁are ▁more ▁widely ▁distributed ▁than ▁thought ▁previously . ▁ ▁Hon ors ▁and ▁awards ▁▁ ▁Order ▁of ▁Mer it ▁of ▁Baden - W ür ttemberg ▁ ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁Heidel berg ▁Academy ▁for ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Human ities ▁ ▁Selected ▁articles ▁▁ ▁R ie hl , ▁S ., ▁M . ▁Ze idi , ▁and ▁N . ▁J . ▁Con ard . ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁Emer gence ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁in ▁the ▁F ooth ills ▁of ▁the ▁Zag ros ▁Mountains ▁of ▁Iran . ▁Science . ▁ 3 4 1 : ▁ 6 5 - 6 7 . ▁ ▁Con ard , ▁N . ▁J ., ▁M . ▁Mal ina , ▁and ▁S . ▁C . ▁Mün zel . ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁New ▁fl utes ▁document ▁the ▁earliest ▁musical ▁tradition ▁in ▁south western