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New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music. ANTHROPOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=anthropology 
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The creative arts became possible as an evolutionary advance when humans developed the capacity for abstract thought. The human mind could then form a template of a shape, or a kind of object, or an action, and pass a concrete representation of the conception to another mind. Thus was first born true, productive language, constructed from arbitrary words and symbols. Language was followed by visual art, music, dance, and the ceremonies and rituals of religion. More on ART: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=art
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Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are.
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Neuroarchaeology is an important part of my future project that I am trying to outline. Part of that project will deal with Maya iconography from a non-representational perspective. Maya iconograph...
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Large clusters of rock art spanning thousands of years but located at the same site may hold key to detecting massive cultural changes in prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the north.
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Anthropologists working in southern France have concluded that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art.
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The world's oldest works of art have been found in a cave on Spain's Costa del Sol, scientists believe.
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