Humans painted extreme animal weapons 30,000 years ago, showing ancient fascination

Evidence

The earliest human paintings—some more than 30,000 years old—portray animals with extreme weapons. Wooly rhinoceros from Chauvet Cave (Above) and Irish elk from Lascaux Cave (Below). — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 950 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

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Related

• Humanity’s oldest art depicts animals with extreme weapons (similarity 0.97)
• Comparisons of animal and human weapons have a long scholarly tradition. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Humanity’s oldest art depicts animals with extreme weapons #corroborates (0.90) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 950