@futurebird @ptmesis from what little I've seen, modern indigenous people have/had a different connection to the natural world - different than our current "scientific" approach.
So maybe "studying" animals was a side effect of something else? Communicating? Worshipping? Commemorating?* Thanking? (Oh, for a time machine!)
* makes me wonder about the etymology of "commemorating" (also, how is that spelled? 😂)
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