Marks of distinction Ostrich eggshell fragments found at a rock shelter in southern Africa indicate that people living there roughly 60,000 years ago used these eggshells as water containers. In an early example of symbolic communication, the people engraved standardized geometric designs on the shells that probably indicated group identity. P.-J. Texier, Diepkloof project
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Those ostriches were very artistic.
(This is just an excuse to bump this thread.)
They don’t seem to have come very far in 60,000 years it
seems. Clicks, pops, and Idi Amin.