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Cory Panshin's avatar

I’ve long been convinced that the 70,000 year old artwork consisting of crosshatched lines represents a string figure. The making of cat’s cradles is an algorithmic process, analogous to Chompskian grammar.

https://www.oldest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Blombos-Cave.jpg

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Ilari Mäkelä's avatar

Cool idea!

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