Tag: Prehistoric art and abstract thought

Cave paintings over five thousand years old painted on rocks in the Serra do Cipó region, Brazil

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Denyse O'Leary
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May 12, 2024

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Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind

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Why Did Our Ancestors Start Drawing in Caves and Making Jewelry?

_{For that matter, why did they choose to develop artworks around fossilized dinosaur footprints?} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 12, 2024

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Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

We can’t read the thoughts of the dead who left no decipherable writings but we can study the workings of the human mind from remarkably long ago. Read More ›

the drawings from the ceiling of Altamira cave in Santillana Del Mar, Cantabria, Spain

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 11, 2024

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Archeology, Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind

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Prehistoric art and abstract thought}

Deciphering the Hidden Meanings of Cave Art

_{In many cases, there are more dots and lines than animals, which suggests some sort of early information system} _{Denyse O'Leary
January 11, 2024

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Archeology, Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

Our remote ancestors were forging a system for writing down what they knew thousands of years before what we think of as history. Read More ›