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futurebird · 3 months

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Is this "the first human-made textbook"?

Huge drawings of touchable animal tracks would be an ideal teaching tool for young hunters & trackers. These rock carvings in Namibia are hard to date, but the paper estimates they are at least 5000 to 7000 years old.

The authors of the paper sought out the assistance of local hunter and trackers to better identify the animals represented in the rock art. The range of species identified and the specificity of the depicted species was remarkable, showing the detail and depth of human knowledge of the natural world even thousands of years ago. (The trackers could tell the age and sex of many of the animals represented by the prints.)

Some of the carvings are in a narrow crevice, almost like it was a "test" where the student could move through the prints identifying them by touch. (that's just my guess for how they used it, the authors of the paper are more circumspect in their ideas about what this was for)

Some of the prints are from animals who no longer live in the region, possibly pushing the age of the site deeper into the past.

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mindblowingscience · 7 months

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Footprints scattered across what is now the desert of New Mexico were trod by human feet no earlier than 21,500 years ago, new research has confirmed. The venerable age of these ancient traces in White Sands, New Mexico was revealed in 2021, to much awe and more than a little skepticism. Now, a team including some of the same scientists has performed more rigorous dating, confirming the controversial result. It now seems more likely than ever that humans were, indeed, present in what is now North America during the Last Glacial Maximum.

#Indigenous #human footprint #anthropology #anthropologie #archaeology #usa #north america

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sorrysomethingwentwrong · 1 month

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Ryan Stalker, “Ocean Drifter.”

Goose barnacles (Thoracica), Portland, Dorset, England,

British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 and Winner of Coast & Marine category.

#art #surreal #photography #ryan stalker #pollution #ocean #drifter #portland #dorset #england #goose barnacles #wildlife #marine #underwater #british wildlife photography #marine pollution #human footprint #trash #waste

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mapsontheweb · 5 months

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Human footprint dataset of China from 2000-2018

#maps #china #human footprint

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tompuschautz · 6 months

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Couple more sketchbook pages

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saddayfordemocracy · 1 year

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Edward Burtynsky, “African Studies”

From the diamond mines of South Africa to the richly textured landscape of Namibia’s Tsaus Mountains, the series spotlights the sub-Saharan region and its reserves of metals, salt, precious gemstones, and other ores.

“I am surveying two very distinct aspects of the landscape,” he says in a statement, “that of the earth as something intact, undisturbed yet implicitly vulnerable… and that of the earth as opened up by the systematic extraction of resources.”

Taken over seven years in ten nations—these include Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Madagascar, and Tanzania—the aerial photos, which are compiled in a forthcoming book published by Steidl, present a dichotomy between a region irrevocably altered by humanity and one of immense possibility.

Since 2013 when it launched its Belt and Road initiative, China has invested billions of dollars in expanding its global presence, with many African nations as targets. This growth, along with international competition for access and power on the continent, has widespread economic, environmental, and governmental impacts, which Burtynsky explores through the series.

#art #photography #aerial #africa #human footprint #humanrights #edward burtynsky #south africa #landscape #kenya #nigeria #ethiopia #senegal #ghana #china #human impact #nature rights #poisened land #Consumerism

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abstracteddistractions · 6 months

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Bea Fremderman, "Weeds Compared to Flowers," 2023,

Along the shore of Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn, New York, the tides slowly expose the contents of closed landfills. Depression-era glass, soles of shoes, and conglomerations of inorganic and organic materials litter the coastal zone.

Upon her first visit to Dead Horse Bay, Fremderman described the site as the most apocalyptic landscape she had ever experienced. Once a hub for rendering dead horses and for industrial and urban waste processing, storage, and incineration, the area became renowned for its putrefaction. Today, sections are closed due to chemical pollutants and radioactive contamination.

Fremderman imagines the personas of those who may have used the detritus she collects. After a deep cleaning process, she assembles her gatherings in a technique like that used to make stained-glass windows.

Lit from within, the amoeba-like forms guide visitors through the gallery. Upon closer inspection stems of goblets, electronic chips, and pieces of dinnerware can be identified within the assemblages. The textures, colors, and shapes emanating from the sculptures result in an immersive installation.

The work hopes to offer a link to place — in this case, a landscape where the human footprint contorts and is contorted by the environment. Through the re-presentation and re-purposing of waste, Weeds Compared to Flowers intends to visualize human interconnection with disposable objects, the Earth, and an unknowable future.

Installation view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

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keepingitneutral · 1 year

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“Sleeping With Dandelions”

Lewis Newman recently won first prize in the Animal Portraits category of the 2023 British Wildlife Photography Awards, capturing a sweet image of a female fox moving through a woodland that has been partially destroyed by industrialism with a face full of dandelion floaties

#fairytale #star fox #animal #portrait #poetry #british wildlife photographt #lewis newman #dandelion #sleeping #Consumerism #woodland #earth #animals rights #humanity #human footprint

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americangrove · 5 months

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My Footprint, Sunkhaze Meadows

#landscape #photography #bare foot #ground #human footprint #sunkhaze #maine

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copper-ichor · 6 months

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MY CAT HAS LEARNED HOW TO MIMIC HUMAN FOOTPRINTS

#cat #human footprint #mimic

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adubsar · 8 months

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The oldest footprints of a child and a dog in the Great Temple

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History through archeology and ancient languages. Chaghazanbil is one of the oldest ancient temples (ziggurats) located in the south of present-day Iran. This temple was built by "Untash Napirisha" around 1250, in praise of "Inshushinak", the guardian god of Susa.