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The Lascaux Caves have been known for 80 years. Wouldn't that be the first and most obvious hypothesis to test? Why only now?
by mseepgood 4y ago
The Lascaux Caves have been known for 80 years. Wouldn't that be the first and most obvious hypothesis to test? Why only now?
- macleginn 4y agoProbably because people mostly thought/talked about these images as aesthetic expression (or at least as signs of symbolic/notional thinking), not as something practical.
- gherkinnn 4y agoIt is a well known fact that only $current_year humans are intelligent. All previous generations are violent and stupid. They are too busy clubbing themselves to even bother with the concept of time passing.
- klabb3 4y agoDon’t forget that if you see something in the archeological record that you can’t comprehend, there is always a reasonable explanation: it’s ritualistic woo-woo. (There should be a “Razor” for this)