Super Interesting Read. I loved it. My favourite chapter is Chapter 4: What makes us human. And my favourite article in that chapter has to be The Cave Art Code. Which discusses early signs of writing left with paintings. It looks into Gnevieve von Petzinger's (a canadian paleoanthropologist) study of cave art around the world. She identified a series of symbols repeated across several sites around the world. The similarities so evident she thinks they might be more than scratches. See photo 10. By the way von Petzinger published a book titled The first signs: Unlocking the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols. I'm tempted to get it now.
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