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“These prints, however, are more carefully made and have a specific arrangement—think more along the lines like how a child presses their handprint into fresh c
by neaden 5y ago
“These prints, however, are more carefully made and have a specific arrangement—think more along the lines like how a child presses their handprint into fresh cement.” A good reminder of the fact that for all that society has changed we as people haven't really.
- sva_ 5y agoIt is interesting to see how people seem to intuitively experience joy from changing their environment, in particular when it seems to not serve any direct use.
- delecti 5y agoIt leaves me feeling very connected to think that across hundreds of thousands of year, you'll still find humans being humans. Creating handprint art has to be one of the most lasting and quintessentially human behaviors.
- uniqueid 5y agoEither that or we have changed enough that we are now capable of being creative, in terms of both art and theorizing about prehistory. Personally I think it's the latter. If we were capable of appreciating art 200,000 years ago, we also must have been incredibly lazy. How could well over another 150,000 years pass before we left signs that we were improving our technology? It doesn't make any sense.