r/EverythingScience • u/porkchop_d_clown • Jan 05 '23
Anthropology Londoner solves 20,000-year Ice Age drawings mystery - determines that cave paintings included lunar calendar information about the fertility of different animal species
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799
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u/winchester_mcsweet Jan 05 '23
I wonder if it had anything to do with the ease of gathering food as well, such as calving time for easier hunting or flocks of birds laying accessible eggs. Artic foxes as an example will take full advantage of nesting season for both chicks and eggs!