Venus of Dolní Věstonice

[RVGleason]

The Venus of Dolní Věstonice, a ceramic statuette dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE, is the oldest known ceramic object in the world. Now on display at the Moravian Museum in the Czech Republic

 

[Mack27]

These "Venus" statues prove that there were fat people in the paleolithic era, but they tell us it's hard to get fat on a paleolithic diet. It makes me wonder if tribes or villages maybe had designated people that got fattened up with dried fruits and nuts (during lean months at least) as sort of living monuments to their prosperity.