Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave

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Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave

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1clamairy
Sep 13, 2018, 9:13 pm

Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave https://nyti.ms/2NbiBL5

2stellarexplorer
Sep 14, 2018, 2:12 am

Found in Blombos Cave, rich source of many artifacts of early H sapiens. The red ocher on this stone dated at ~73 KyBP is thought to have been used in decorative work as early as 100,000 years ago.

I wonder what it means? Is it an abstract creation? Is it doodling, scribble?

3PhaedraB
Sep 14, 2018, 1:06 pm

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