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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2022 2:01:08 GMT
Drawing of a mammoth with a target where its heart is, my idea is that this was to teach others how to kill the mammoth. I don't think they'd be drawing the same heart symbol. It's likely blood or what I believe is a target. I also don't think they'd be drawing that for the sake of it, I think there was a practical reason for it.  I think the other cave paintings may have been used to teach kids what animals exist. And then they'd explain how they behave. Perhaps go out and watch them, learning... |
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 26, 2022 3:29:16 GMT
I actually really like the logic you are using here. It makes a lot of sense. I know in aboriginal culture the cave paintings aren't just paintings for their own sake, they always were supposed to accompany a story, usually one told in song and with accompanying dances, and they'd do it over and over again and it would be teaching something. The over-abundance of animals in cave paintings would likely be used to teach people about hunting. I saw a video on youtube once where someone was asking a hunter gatherer tribe, the Hadza of Africa, all these philosophical questions and what struck me was how they were so obsessed with hunting and animals they couldn't even really contemplate what he was talking about or why. They were just totally focussed on food, on animals and killing them, 100% of the time, and nothing else. And that is kind of what is required to actually succeed as a hunter gatherer. You can't even think about other things. So your reasoning makes sense.
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 26, 2022 3:34:20 GMT
Video I was talking about-
Think of the mentality these guys have, and yeah any kind of art is bound to be practical and hunting related.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 17:45:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 18:23:53 GMT
I don’t know what this is… it looks like some type of bear and a cat. Maybe it’s a Cave bear and Cave lion, but I’m not sure. It could be some sort of hyena. What do the bear experts think? (I can’t tag new members once again)  Attachments:
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Post by Hardcastle on Jan 3, 2023 18:30:25 GMT
Where is the location? My first instinct would be hyena, but it does also look like a bear. That would be amazing if it turned out shortfaced bears were spotted. It was extra cursorial and predatory, so who knows, it may have evolved stealth coloration.
Just noticed you are a carnivore Ling, congrats!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 18:41:04 GMT
Where is the location? My first instinct would be hyena, but it does also look like a bear. That would be amazing if it turned out shortfaced bears were spotted. It was extra cursorial and predatory, so who knows, it may have evolved stealth coloration. Just noticed you are a carnivore Ling, congrats! It’s a Cave hyena. Also thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 18:43:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 19:59:06 GMT
Is that a ME sighthound hunting a horse or? Perhaps a boarsighthound subjugating a horse... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 20:24:33 GMT
Is that a ME sighthound hunting a horse or? Perhaps a boarsighthound subjugating a horse... I don’t know crap about dogs, sorry. Hardcastle would probably know. |
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Post by Hardcastle on Jan 3, 2023 22:10:49 GMT
Do you know anything about it? Where it is and when it is supposedly from?
It doesn't look authentically ancient tbh. Definitely not pre-historic anyway, that type of dog didn't exist yet and also the art is a little too good. I guess it COULD be a few thousand years old, but I don't sense it is even that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2023 23:34:49 GMT
Do you know anything about it? Where it is and when it is supposedly from? It doesn't look authentically ancient tbh. Definitely not pre-historic anyway, that type of dog didn't exist yet and also the art is a little too good. I guess it COULD be a few thousand years old, but I don't sense it is even that. I think it’s too colorful, especially with the blue butterfly below. |
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Post by Hardcastle on Jan 4, 2023 0:32:30 GMT
I thought that too.
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