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Not only across Europe, they are more or less similar all over the world. https://visual.ly/community/infographic/science/prehistoric-...
I was ready to write this off as early humans ancestors depicting basic shapes of objects in their surroundings, until I got to the upside down and right side up “brush shapes”. I’m not sure what that would mean, something descending and ascending with some type of force or vitesse?
Reminds me of the also unbroken Indus script. With all this computational power, I'm surprised that we haven't been able to crack ancient proto-writing.
I wonder if our brains have changed so much since then, that we may not be able to comprehend what the symbols originally meant.
Reminds me of the also unbroken Indus script. With all this computational power, I'm surprised that we haven't been able to crack ancient proto-writing.
I wonder if our brains have changed so much since then, that we may not be able to comprehend what the symbols originally meant.
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I wonder if our brains have changed so much since then, that we may not be able to comprehend what the symbols originally meant.
Why would "our brains" change? Because we have tv and phones?
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I was ready to write this off as early humans ancestors depicting basic shapes of objects in their surroundings, until I got to the upside down and right side up “brush shapes”. I’m not sure what that would mean, something descending and ascending with some type of force or vitesse?
A lot of the signs can be seen as symbols that are easy to draw with the hands. For example, there's the 5-dots and 6-dots symbols. Those are: "every finger of one hand" and "three fingers from each hand". The brush shapes are "bring all fingers together". There may very well be a communicative aspect to the symbols, but I think they were derived from decorative primitives that are kinesiologically-determined.
But meaning? I'm guessing something like "# was here".
Not only across Europe, they are more or less similar all over the world. https://visual.ly/community/infographic/science/prehistoric-...
Purely, on a lighter note: 0 - All Time periods 1 - All Time Periods # - All Time Periods Please ensure your password contains at least one digit and one special character! Will we ever change?
PS There was also a null symbol.
X - All Time Periods
PPS Too bad they forgot to write comments, or we would know what all the symbols mean!
# - All Time Periods
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A lot of the signs can be seen as symbols that are easy to draw with the hands. For example, there's the 5-dots and 6-dots symbols. Those are: "every finger of one hand" and "three fingers from each hand". The brush shapes are "bring all fingers together". There may very well be a communicative aspect to the symbols, but I think they were derived from decorative primitives that are kinesiologically-determined.
That would help account for consistency over place and time. But meaning? I'm guessing something like "# was here".
If there are N number of confusing junctions, it would require the same number of markings as a unique mnemonic device to register the steps to escape the confusing area, and jog one's memory of how directions were negotiated the last time.