and art artefacts began to be kept? How do we objectively quantify and measure human consciousness of the human race.
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Gary is correct. When I asked the Q, I was thinking of the prehistoric art found in the caves of Lascaux, which only takes us back to 13,000 BC or back 15,600 years ago from today. Pls give the error and adjust the Q appropriately if necessary or if you desire to.
The measurement of consciousness issue is my real focus.
The "beer theory indicates consciousness" is cute. But it doesn’t work for me, because there are lots of lower life forms on the evolutionary tree that like or seem to like ingesting alcohol found in fermented fruits. They have no consciousness like humans unless we redefine consciousness and extend it down the tree. Very creative hypothesis, though!, that deserves at least three stars under any other circumstances.
I think a good way is to measure and quantify the evolution of human consciousness is by the degree of complexity and the technological levels at which pictographic records exhibit.
This would include the gradations of color, the source and application (including how the tools were produced to make the image), the level of detail and abstraction; if chemical modifications were used on the object (as in patinas) or if chemistry were used in the production of certain, say colors or diluent, and of course the source and choice of materials of the object – say stone (primitive) versus pure white, small crystal type Italian marbles (more advanced)…
What a great question!… and these are just preliminary thoughts.
(This thought, however, doesn’t apply to some of the most recent artwork produced which strives to reproduce in some art genres, a recreation of "primitive" art forms and techniques – say in the last 100 years or so.)
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