Seven thousand years ago in what is now China, the Hemudu culture was already producing ivory handicrafts. In France, where there are no elephants, 25,000-year-old ivory utensils belonging to Cro-magnons have been discovered.
七千多年前中國土地上的「河姆渡文化」就製作了象牙工藝品；在沒有大象的法國，還挖掘出兩萬五千年前克羅馬農人的象牙加工器物呢！