The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest SymbolsSimon and Schuster, 31 may 2016 - 320 páginas “If you love mysteries, you’ll love this book. Genevieve von Petzinger acts as guide and sleuth in this fascinating, accessible, and fast-paced exploration of Ice Age artists and the evocative cave paintings they left behind” (Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise and Ancestral Passions). In an adventure worthy of Indiana Jones, archeologist von Petzinger explores the little-known geometric cave art of our ancient ancestors—perhaps the first form of human written communication and a key to unlocking some of the mysteries of our ancient past. These “remarkable” (Jean Auel, author of the bestselling Earth’s Children series) findings “may represent one of the most extraordinary scientific insights of our time” (Wade Davis, author of The Serpent and the Rainbow). Join von Petzinger as she travels throughout Europe and attempts to crack the code of these strange symbols, which persisted virtually unchanged for some 30,000 years. Clearly meaningful to their creators, these geometric signs are one of the first indicators of our human ancestors’ intelligence and capacity for symbolic meaning and language—glimpses across millennia of an ancient consciousness linked to our own. Part travel journal, part popular science, and part personal narrative, this groundbreaking investigation explores what makes us human, how we evolved as a species, and how this cave art laid the foundation for so much of the technology that we enjoy today. |
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... modern humans to leave Africa. This is also where we find some of the oldest art in the world. Using the available data from more than 150 French rock art sites, I was able to show for the first time that a very restricted number of ...
... modern humans to leave Africa. This is also where we find some of the oldest art in the world. Using the available data from more than 150 French rock art sites, I was able to show for the first time that a very restricted number of ...
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... modern humans appeared on the African landscape for the first time. They had our bodies; they had our brains. But the real question is: When did they become us? When did they start to behave in a truly modern way, tapping into all the ...
... modern humans appeared on the African landscape for the first time. They had our bodies; they had our brains. But the real question is: When did they become us? When did they start to behave in a truly modern way, tapping into all the ...
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... modern humans find it virtually impossible to imagine any state of consciousness other than our own.”2 And yet, to ... modern human brain. Certain key changes that took place have been beneficial for our species. Indeed, if it weren't ...
... modern humans find it virtually impossible to imagine any state of consciousness other than our own.”2 And yet, to ... modern human brain. Certain key changes that took place have been beneficial for our species. Indeed, if it weren't ...
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... Modern humans, and to a lesser extent their Neanderthal counterparts, regularly disposed of their dead in graves with grave goods. At the very least it suggests that certain goods were thought to “belong” to specific people, which could ...
... Modern humans, and to a lesser extent their Neanderthal counterparts, regularly disposed of their dead in graves with grave goods. At the very least it suggests that certain goods were thought to “belong” to specific people, which could ...
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... modern humans. An isolated example like this of a single, purposeful, geometric engraving is not much to go on, but it does seem to support the idea that the first stirrings of abstract thought reach far back into our ancestral family ...
... modern humans. An isolated example like this of a single, purposeful, geometric engraving is not much to go on, but it does seem to support the idea that the first stirrings of abstract thought reach far back into our ancestral family ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 37 |
CHAPTER 4 | 55 |
CHAPTER 5 | 73 |
CHAPTER 6 | 85 |
CHAPTER 8 | 117 |
CHAPTER 9 | 131 |
CHAPTER 11 | 157 |
CHAPTER 12 | 173 |
CHAPTER 13 | 191 |
CHAPTER 14 | 207 |
CHAPTER 15 | 219 |
Conclusion | 263 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
CHAPTER 10 | 147 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols Genevieve von Petzinger Vista previa restringida - 2017 |
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols Genevieve von Petzinger Vista previa restringida - 2016 |
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