Signs and Symbols: Examining the Earliest Graphic Communication of the Ice Age a talk by Genevieve von Petzinger

Signs and Symbols:  Examining the Earliest Graphic Communication of the ice Age a talk by Genevieve von Petzinger

What does it mean to be human:  What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature past and present on this planet?  The short answer is our creative impulse, our ability to perceive life in an abstract, symbolic manner, and our desire to communicate these ideas to others. 

Genevieve von Petzinger is a second year PhD student in the department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria.  her main area of interest is European Ice Age rock art, in particular to identify cognitive and symbolic evolution in modern humans.  She was recently selected as a 2011 TED Global Fellow.