The moment
Engraved pieces of ochre and shell beads show that people were making abstract symbols. Symbolic thought is the ground that ritual grows from.
Discovery · c. 75,000 BCE
Symbols in ochre
Blombos Cave, South Africa
Discovery · c. 75,000 BCE
Blombos Cave, South Africa
The moment
Engraved pieces of ochre and shell beads show that people were making abstract symbols. Symbolic thought is the ground that ritual grows from.