Ancient Skeletons In Brazil Carried A Genetic Signal Scientists Did Not Expect — And It Complicated The Story Of The First Americans
The full temporal span of the art tradition is not known.
What the rock art makes clear is that the ancient people of Lagoa Santa had a rich symbolic life — that they used visual representation as a way of recording and communicating aspects of their experience, their beliefs, or their social relationships.
This symbolic capacity is not surprising — it is a characteristic of modern human beings everywhere — but its visible presence in the Lagoa Santa record is a reminder that the people being discussed in the context of the Population Y debate were not simply biological specimens but full human beings with cultural lives of genuine complexity.
The Lapa do Santo Site and What It Tells Us
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