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Maybe prehistoric cave paintings were actually the worst paintings of their time, because bad artists were forced to practice in caves where no one could see them. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My question is what if they aren't human made? There were other similar species that died out and maybe humans are more into expansion than art.

[–] AbouBenAdhem 3 points 1 month ago

There was a last major migration out of Africa starting around 70–50,000 years ago that coincides with both the disappearance of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and with the appearance of representational art. Earlier Neanderthals made artistic crafts like shell jewelry, but it wasn’t representational.