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ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE The Right Tool for the Job
Some might wonder why prehistoric cave drawings weren’t more detailed. Surely there were artists capable of rendering intricate representations of the circulatory system of aurochs or the dentition of a saber-tooth tiger drawn to scale.
But what we see on these cave walls are stick figure men chasing antelope-shaped quadrupeds, reminiscent of Dick and Jane throwing a bone at Spot. Rather primitive …