Erfoud Manuport is a prehistoric silicified fragment of a cuttlefish fossil. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida belonging to the Cephalopoda class (which also includes Squid, Octopuses FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. Originating some 300,000 BP, the fossil was collected in 1984 by Lutz Fiedler of Marburg University, Germany. Before Present (BP years are a time scale used in Archaeology, Geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg 'Philip's University Marburg' was founded in 1527 by Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (usually Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The fossil was found at an archeological site near the towns of Erfoud and Rissani in eastern Morocco. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Erfoud (أرفود is a town in eastern Morocco. It is located at around. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
The fossil was located among a dense cluster of Late Acheulian stone tools. Acheulean (also spelled Acheulian,) is the name given to an Archaeological industry of Stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric Hominins While cuttlefish fossils are not themselves rare, they are not found native to the region in which the Erfoud Manuport was found. It has therefore been thought that this fossil was intentionally brought back to the camp due to its natural phallic resemblance. The word phallus can refer to an erect Penis, or to an object shaped like a penis No evidence of carving or shaping have been detected.