New indices to characterize drawing behavior in humans (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Abstract Techniques used in cave art suggest that drawing skills emerged long before the oldest known representative human productions (44,000 years bc). This study seeks to improve our knowledge of the evolutionary origins and the ontogenetic development of drawing behavior by studying drawings of...

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Main Authors: Lison Martinet, Cédric Sueur, Satoshi Hirata, Jérôme Hosselet, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Marie Pelé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83043-0