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Re:Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than... by cmrdporcupine on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:40AM (#28574654)
The camel in the region (dromedary) was not domesticated until about ~2000BCE. Long after agriculture, and long after this sculpture.

Likely the animal was venerated as a meat source.

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