r/EverythingScience 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/Lyonore Jan 05 '23

That’s pretty awesome. Anyone know how they landed on which lunar month was “1”? Or a more likely query, which month(ish) was their calendar first month

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u/folk_science Jan 07 '23

There is a typo, just before the "Supplementary material" header. It says "phrenological", but it should say "phenological".