Anthropologists Uncover Art by (Really) Old Masters–38,000 Year-Old Engravings

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Prehistory studies changed my life. To think that humanity is here for 200000+ years really gives you a new perspective of society and of our own minds.

I enjoy a lot reading documents that have survived up to our days.

What sometimes impresses me is how old societies used to be, in some occasions even more socially developed than modern times.

Books like the one from Herodotus are quite an interesting reading.

Agreed and although it should be obvious the other thing that blows my mind is that the intelligence is exactly the same only the base knowledge starting point differs.

This is up for debate. It is very well possible that you share very little with then. You should read: the breakdown of the bikameral mind and the creation of consciousness.

Nice. But not seeing the cow.

Ignore the indentations and look at the horizontal line. It's a cow's back. The cow is looking right and its horns are visible.

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