Tabitha M. Powledge notes the discovery that Indonesian cave paintings are as old as those in Europe, and wonders if that means art arose long before humans reached those places: "Did we start getting arty sometime after we evolved in Africa but before we set out for parts unknown some 60,000 years ago? Did people arrive in France and Sulawesi already experienced at putting pigment to stone?" Also, some reasons for the demise of ScienceOnline.
October 11, 2014
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