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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🥚✏️ Engraved #ostrich eggshells dating to over 60,000 years ago, from sites including #Diepkloof and #Apollo11, were systematically analyzed.
Over 80% of 112 fragments showed consistent spatial rules, with repeated right angles and parallel lines. The researchers argue this rule-based organization points to planned abstract thought and early symbolic systems.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260808235013.htm
#archaeology #ancient #art #paleolithic #southafrica #namibia #geometry #anthropology #humans #evolution #science #history