Posted on 09/13/2018 2:36:48 PM PDT by ETL
The earliest known drawing made by a human has been found in a South African cave and it looks very similar to a hashtag, the grouping and search feature made popular by the Jack Dorsey-led Twitter.
The drawing is basically six red lines crossed by three other slightly curved lines. It appears on a tiny flake of mineral crust measuring only about 1.5 inches long and about half an inch tall. It's evidently part of a larger drawing because lines reaching the edge are cut off abruptly there, researchers said.
"Before this discovery, Palaeolithic archaeologists have for a long time been convinced that unambiguous symbols first appeared when Homo sapiens entered Europe, about 40,000 years ago, and later replaced local Neanderthals," said University of Bergen professor Christopher Henshilwood in a statement. ..."
The 73,000 year-old drawing was found in the Blombos Cave, approximately 190 miles east of Cape Town, researchers said. It is roughly 30,000 years older than any other drawing presently known to humanity, the researchers said. ..."
While it is not the earliest deliberate design (some abstract engravings are significantly older), it does highlight that early humans were able to produce designs on various surfaces with different techniques. It was created with a sharpened flake of ochre, a pigment widely used in the ancient world, Henshilwood told the Associated Press.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
The world’s oldest example of abstract art, dating back more than 70,000 years, has been found in a cave in South Africa.
Scientists say the discovery shows that modern ways of thinking developed far earlier than we think.
The abstract art was found on two pieces of ochre in a cave on the southern Cape shore of the Indian Ocean.Previously, the earliest evidence of abstract art came mainly in France from the Eurasian Palaeolithic period less than 35,000 years ago.
For those who can’t make it out, it says
#GoDinoSteak
For those who can’t make it out, it says
#GoDinoSteak
After careful analysis the drawing faintly depicts a prehistoric man drawing on the wall in a cave.
Was it signed, “Bob Ross”? /s
Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine
I’ve always said the cave pics of animals were not made by men, but women!
They are not celebrations of great hunts or aids to storytelling.
They are ‘shopping lists’..................
“NO PARKING ANYTIME”
For those who can’t make it out, it says
#GoDinoSteak
Lol!
BTW, why do you often post duplicate replies. I'm gonna start calling you "Danny Two Times"! :)
Henry Hill: [narrating] And then there was Jimmy Two Times, who got that nickname because he said everything twice, like: Jimmy Two Times : I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers.--from Goodfellas
“Kill the white man and take his farm”
Well he looks African to me. Heck, he could be Kaepernick's own brother!
The mark “P” was found in the Bimbos cave...
Actually, he was an Air Force TI for years, and when he got out and started doing his painting, he did the “afro” as a trademark, it’s on all the art supplies he sells.
However, in later years, he grew to hate the hairdo, but his brand was established with it, so he couldn’t change it back.
Before that, he had short, light colored hair, and was a pretty good looking guy.
Of course, he’s dead now, so it doesn’t really matter.
I double-click. It’s just a reflex or habit.
I have to really slow down and concentrate to not do it. And that doesn’t happen often.
I double-click. It’s just a reflex or habit.
I have to really slow down and concentrate to not do it. And that doesn’t happen often.
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