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Were the First Artists Mostly Women?
National Geographic ^ | October 8, 2013 | Virginia Hughes

Posted on 10/11/2013 4:34:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 10/11/2013 4:34:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG ping.


2 posted on 10/11/2013 4:35:42 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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To: nickcarraway

Perhaps they were decorating?


3 posted on 10/11/2013 4:36:09 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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60 per cent accuracy?? Ye olde "close enough for government work" comes to mind.

And the Grant Money just keeps flowing....

4 posted on 10/11/2013 4:37:09 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: nickcarraway

Or possibly, at the time men’s hands were more similar to women’s hands.


5 posted on 10/11/2013 4:37:58 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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I’m inclined to go with young male artists rather than females.


6 posted on 10/11/2013 4:38:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Most pictures were naked women and wild animals. Here's a clue...

What do young men like to do most?

7 posted on 10/11/2013 4:44:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: nickcarraway

They were doing their nails.


8 posted on 10/11/2013 4:47:01 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Or making “honey-do” lists.


9 posted on 10/11/2013 4:48:18 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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To: nickcarraway

Perhaps the artists were male, and they asked a lot of women “Want to come up and look at my etchings?”


10 posted on 10/11/2013 4:48:46 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Or old men with fond memories.


11 posted on 10/11/2013 4:51:33 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: nickcarraway
The first artists were men.

The first canvas was a snowbank.

12 posted on 10/11/2013 4:52:26 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Cave Woman - “What do I have to draw you a picture? I want two deer, a mammoth and get rid of that sabertooth down by the river.”


13 posted on 10/11/2013 4:52:48 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: eclecticEel

Or they were kids, and it was raining out.


14 posted on 10/11/2013 4:52:51 PM PDT by HomeAtLast (The original Tea Party entailed a willingness to do without some tea.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dear God, who (with a life) cares?


15 posted on 10/11/2013 4:58:18 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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If I had been there I would have been drawing on the walls of the cave and I am female!


16 posted on 10/11/2013 5:02:20 PM PDT by Ditter
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Maybe they were trying to clean all that paint off their cave house walls?


17 posted on 10/11/2013 5:04:32 PM PDT by zeestephen
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“Perhaps they were decorating?”

Naah! They were just re decorating and changing the cave walls for each season.

Now we know where and when the re decorating gene came from for our wives, mothers, sisters and other women.


18 posted on 10/11/2013 5:20:23 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Boycott Reno & Las Vegas until those in control there, remove Reid from the senate!)
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To: Sacajaweau

60% - that’s a whole 10% above a random coin toss.


19 posted on 10/11/2013 5:26:44 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Perhaps they were decorating?


20 posted on 10/11/2013 6:32:15 PM PDT by Rodamala
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