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Letter: Cave doodles

Published 5 March 2014

From Andrew Jenkins

Various explanations for the abstract patterns of dots and lines that have been found alongside cave paintings (23 November 2013, p 36) have been suggested by your readers. Modern humans also draw random patterns of dots and lines. It’s called “doodling”. I suggest that the cave artist was trying to stay awake during a very boring meeting.
Bø, Norway

Issue no. 2959 published 8 March 2014

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