From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 20:29:20 MST
On 19 Jan 2002 at 11:11, ape wrote:
> joedees wrote :-
>
>
> > On 19 Jan 2002 at 6:39, Yash wrote:
> >
> > > Ancient Engravings Push Back Origin of Abstract Thought
> > >
> > > http://www.sciam.com/news/011102/1.html
> > >
> > > Joe Dees will certainly find this interesting.
> > >
> > > Yash.
> > >
> > Actually, I already knew about these marked ochres. There is much
> > debate as to whather the marking actually stand for something (which
> > would render them symbolic) or whether they were just decoration or
> > doodling.
>
>
> AHEM! am I missing something very important in this story ?
>
>
> because the first thing I think when I see the picture is tool use , namely
> :-
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> a file ?
> a grater ?
>
> or such ` practical ` application
>
Most probably, but that's nothing new; tools were used far earlier than
that date. We have found acheulian handaxes, and later, mousterian
tools, from far earlier - more than a million years back.
>
> Yrs - APE
>
>
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