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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts

2023-08-23

Just human things

 

Top caption: "Many thousands of years ago, somewhere on Earth" A stick figure poses with a spear held over their head, smiling, and thinks, "man I bet this looks so cool".

I don't care if it's gauche or whatever. I'm totally going to draw myself like this on the cave wall tonight.

2023-03-12

Gathering

Two stick figures wear neolithic clothing and engage in gathering; one crouches over a bush in which at least two cats are partly contained, and another kneels before plants growings thumbs-up icons, a basket with already-harvested upvote and heart icons on the ground at the ready. Caption: "Early humans foraging for dopamine."

The archaeological record suggests they were able to meet their needs with as little as twelve hours of gathering in a week.

2022-07-16

Tool use among the ancients

 

"This tool may have held some ritual significance to its users, possibly as part of a celebration of the harvest."

2022-05-19

Some old cowboys

 

In fairness to them, it does get powerful lonesome out on the prairie and in the desert and whatnot.

2019-03-20

Monumental movements


"The world is full of important-seeming things that we don't really understand, so let's make art about it" is one of the most relatable thought processes demonstrated by ancient people.