https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave Ancient Communication en-us 2018-09-15 18:24:31 UTC 2025-11-07 00:52:50 UTC hello@padlet.com pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281756430 At this site, you will watch a video which will help you see how written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered in. Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified these ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her findings suggest that graphic communication, and the ability to preserve and transmit messages beyond a single moment in time, may be much older than we think.]]> 2018-09-15 18:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281756430 pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281756797 You will be given the attached handout in class, but you can also print this for your use.]]> 2018-09-15 18:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281756797 pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762333 Part 1]]> 2018-09-15 18:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762333 pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762453 Part 2]]> 2018-09-15 18:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762453 pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762717 Part 3]]> 2018-09-15 18:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762717 pwelbourn https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762967 Part 4]]> 2018-09-15 18:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/pwelbourn/cave/wish/281762967