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The article discusses a stone object that was discovered in a layer of sediment in Israel that is believed to be 130,000 years old. The object, which is shaped like a flat disk, has a carving on one side that some researchers believe is a representation of a human or animal figure. If this interpretation is correct, it would make the object the oldest known example of a depiction of a living being. However, the interpretation of the carving as a representation of a living being is not universally accepted, and some researchers believe that it may simply be the result of natural processes. Therefore, it is not possible to give a definitive answer to the question of whether this object is the first representation of a living being.