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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by Spooky23 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:56PM (#30290807)
The cave paintings they left behind suggest otherwise.
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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by thehappypm on Thursday February 10, 2022 @04:31PM (#30292926)
Why does a painting imply complex language?
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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by Spooky23 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @05:23PM (#30293553)
Cave paintings are in many cases real artistic expressions of animal scenes. Some use the contours of the caves to almost deliver an animation effect. It seems unlikely that an entity capable of depicting a nuanced abstract scene would be unable to verbally express similar concepts.
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