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Anthropology

Srkdqltr

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1. Seriously? There is a question about this?

Reply to Jetheels (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:14 AM

Oct 2020

They did it for the same reasons we do it today. Some were artists and had to do artwork. They were pretty and people admired them. Can you see the artist, or his/her family, saying to others "come see what what he/she drew here. Isn't it wonderful ". People are people in a lot of ways.

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Seriously? There is a question about this? Srkdqltr Oct 2020 #1

Yeah it's a question. Seriously. Jetheels Oct 2020 #2