Image curtesy of cuEsteban De Armas
Joel Kontinen
“IN HIS poem The Conundrum of the Workshops, Rudyard Kipling imagined
an early human pausing to admire a drawing he had scratched in the dirt, only
to hear a voice whispering: “It’s pretty, but is it Art?”
Archaeologists know a bit about scratching in the dirt, and when their
excavations reveal a beautiful ancient object, they find themselves asking the very same question. They are
motivated by a desire to step inside the minds of our prehistoric
ancestors. In many cases, they want to understand if and when ancient
hominins began to create art.”
New Scientist
believe that Neandertals and Homo erectus were not people even though creation
science dues away with millions of years and says were descendants of Noah.
Source:
New Scientist. 2023. How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric
artefacts count as art