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2024-11-24 ┃ RE: DamonWakes

@DamonWakes
OK. That seems reasonable. So that makes me ask, why were the drawings done on stone, or carved into stone in places where they could last all over the world mostly drawings of animals and often very realistic animals (but drawn in very different ways in each place, cultural variation) but almost never faces?
You are correct we can't assume faces were not drawn in other places. But I still think there is something unanswered here.

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2024-11-24 amorphophalex ┃ 1👤

@futurebird @DamonWakes Are there any examples where the same cave painting has animals with eyes, but humans without eyes? Usually when I see paintings of people, they and the animals are both […]

2024-11-24 lePetomaneAncien ┃ 1👤

@futurebird @DamonWakes Mostly animals? My speculation is that the images served symbolic and ceremonial purposes.
Draw the image = capture the soul, exert control, make the game a little more […]

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