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Oldest art even older: New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave show early arrival of modern humans, art and music

Oldest art even older: New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave show early arrival of modern humans, art and music | Science News | Scoop.it
New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music.


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37,000 Year Old Art Reveals Complex Lives of Early Humans

37,000 Year Old Art Reveals Complex Lives of Early Humans | Science News | Scoop.it
Anthropologists working in southern France have concluded that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art.


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Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts

Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts | Science News | Scoop.it

The creative arts became possible as an evolutionary advance when humans developed the capacity for abstract thought. The human mind could then form a template of a shape, or a kind of object, or an action, and pass a concrete representation of the conception to another mind. Thus was first born true, productive language, constructed from arbitrary words and symbols. Language was followed by visual art, music, dance, and the ceremonies and rituals of religion.


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