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When you think of animation, do you think of modern technology and computers? What if we showed you an animation dating back 14,000 years?

Discovered in 1868 in France's Laugerie-Basse rock shelter, this tiny (only 3.1 cm) bone disc is like a prehistoric 'gif'!

There is a mountain goat drawing on both sides of the disc and a hole in the middle. When you quickly turn the disc, it creates an optical illusion as if the goat is moving, due to the perfect proportions of the drawings and the alignment of the ridge lines.

Here is a primitive but impressive predecessor of modern animation.

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[-] notfromhere@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

For anyone interested in more information about Laugerie Basse and the artifacts they found.

https://donsmaps.com/laugeriebasse.html

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Here's the GIF from the post:

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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