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Discover Magazine: Etched Ostrich Eggs Give Window on Stone Age Humans’ Symbolic Thinking.

“A cache of ostrich eggshell fragments discovered by archaeologists in South Africa could be instrumental in understanding how humans approached art and symbolism as early as the Stone Age. The eggshells, engraved with geometric designs, may indicate the existence of a symbolic communication system around 60,000 years ago among African hunter-gatherers [Discovery News].” So, artists are actually ... the original eggheads?

03/03/10 • 10:19 PM • History • Psychology • Scholarly • Science • No Comments

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