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Rock Art

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Rock Art
Cave and stone markings made by early hominids, which are believed to indicate social development; the oldest known RA is attributed to Australian aborigine ancestors, ±40,000 years ago, and consists of carved circular depressions
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Byline: ANI London, November 12 (ANI): A researcher into the history of rock art has suggested that images pecked in stone hundreds to thousands of years ago could be for religious reasons, to mark territories or simple doodles, which were made on instinct by early man as a survival technique.
Early man drew doodles to increase odds of survival by Asian News International
Researching the local Neolithic rock art and knitting circles formed by generations of fishermen's wives became something of a fashion epiphany for the Yorkshire-born designer to stay true to his roots.
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There, under the watchful eye of archeologist Luz Graciela Joly, a girl tosses a coin onto a board titled "Road of Rock Art," and smiles as it lands on a space that reads "Photograph a rock art stone.
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