<P> The Venus of Hohle Fels (also known as the Venus of Schelklingen; in German variously Venus vom Hohlen Fels, vom Hohle Fels; Venus von Schelklingen) is an Upper Paleolithic Venus figurine made of mammoth ivory that was located near Schelklingen, Germany . It is dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago, belonging to the early Aurignacian, at the very beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, which is associated with the earliest presence of Cro - Magnon in Europe . </P> <P> The figure is the oldest undisputed known example of a depiction of a human being . In terms of figurative art only the lion - headed, zoomorphic Löwenmensch figurine is older . The Venus figurine is housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Blaubeuren (Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren). </P> <P> The Swabian Alb region of Germany has a number of caves that have yielded many mammoth - ivory artifacts of the Upper Paleolithic period . Approximately twenty - five items have been discovered to date . These include the Löwenmensch figurine of Hohlenstein - Stadel dated to 40,000 years ago and an ivory flute found at Geißenklösterle, dated to 42,000 years ago . This mountainous region is located in Baden - Württemberg and is bounded by the Danube in the southeast, the upper Neckar in the northwest, and in the southwest it rises to the higher mountains of the Black Forest . </P>

What is the oldest surviving carved human figure
find me the text answering this question