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Are the dots for days and it’s half a moon? That would be ovulation time for a human. I can’t make out what the drawing is.

• mhuffman 4y ago
  hmmm... my (possibly incorrect) understanding is that ovulation in ancient times was much less regular due to diet.
  • ljf 4y ago
    I think hunter gatherers had a far more regular diet than early farmers. By the middle ages in Britain most peasants were near starvation most of the year, but hunter gatherers avoided famine as they had a wide variety of food sources available. I don't have a source of this though!
  • Pigalowda 4y ago
    For women who have low body fat it will be more irregular because of insufficient estrin provided by adipose tissue. A woman with poor diet and low body fat would be irregular. Spring season is a time of abundance and fertility for plants and animals so I imagine Hunter gatherer societies had a better diet during spring and therefore women met body fat requirements for regular menstrual cycle and ovulation. Maybe the 4 linear marks in the cave painting are for the 4 months after winter solstice and 14 dots are for days to ovulation after menses?