Re: Teenage delinquents responsible for paleolithic cave art?

Peter Brooks wrote:

"LOL! Strong assertion X 'they were being creative in other ways'
followed by feeble excuse why there's no evidence for it Y.


"If there's no evidence for women doing anything, why make the claim
that they were all working on things that aren't preserved?


"You might just as well say that all the teenage chaps were busy
weaving
coir mats too - there is as much evidence for it as for what is said.


"Not, of course, that I think that they are likely to be wrong, it's
just the fatuity of their claim that impresses me - they could have had

the odd disclaimer - 'we think', or 'probably', making such claims
makes the researchers and journalists appear foolish and stupid."

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Initially I had the same reaction - then I recalled reading a paper
pointing out that the famous Paleolithic Venus was actually clothed,
and that the clothing on the carving was woven material. So, yes, there
aare grounds for thinking that women were doing things that perhaps
have not lasted as well as hidden away cave paintings.

Lance

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