10 X 95 McDermott presents another new view on an old topic, the Upper Paleolithic female figurines. Women are assumed to have this view looking down, and the statuettes are interpreted as autogenous self-representations. Two arguments against this view are the representations of the arms and the back. The back is treated in some detail, especially the buttocks, which cannot be seen like that by oneself. The arms are treated like the legs, being truncated or even absent, whereas seen from above they should be enlarged or of normal size.
Chronology is handled rather loosely here.
The PKG-style figurines are sometimes called the earliest prehistoric representations, sometimes attributed to the middle Upper Paleolithic. The surfaces are not preserved, so the sex is difficult if not impossible to determine. The pubic triangle, marked by its protruding position, is not conditioned by the pulpa opening. The arguments presented indicate little familiarity with ivory as a raw material and the problems of preservation. Even if fossil tusks were used, the appendage is intentional.