Alex O'Neal

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Ice Age people resembled us, with the same brain and nervous system. It was therefore logical to think that they must also have had visions responding to the same constants and that this could translate into the depictions that they left. Accordingly, many geometric signs, such as clouds of points, zigzags, and so forth present on the walls of caves could correspond to entoptic signs that often accompany trances.
What Is Paleolithic Art?: Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity
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