"(University of the Witwatersrand) The earliest evidence of a drawing made by humans has been found in Blombos Cave in the southern Cape in South Africa.The drawing, which consists of three red lines cross-hatched with six separate lines, was intentionally drawn on a smooth silcrete flake about 73,000 years ago. This predates previous drawing from Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia by at least 30,000 years."
The urge to draw, sign is basic to human culture and language.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.These scratches don't work for me as art, but then I'm just not into abstraction. 
p-nullifidian
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Sep 13, 2018
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Aside from light hearted comments, the human self is amazing. This find not only demonstrates our collective history is earlier than we knew, but adds an indication of cultural development too. It indicates thought and planning through production of pigments, and concept of pleasing designs.
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"Aside from light hearted comments, the human self is amazing."
Or, because of light hearted comments?
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