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Cross-Modality Information Transfer: A Hypothesis about the Relationship among Prehistoric Cave Paintings, Symbolic Thinking, and the Emergence of Language

机译：跨形态信息传递：关于史前洞穴壁画，符号思维与语言出现之间关系的假说

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Early modern humans developed mental capabilities that were immeasurably greater than those of non-human primates. We see this in the rapid innovation in tool making, the development of complex language, and the creation of sophisticated art forms, none of which we find in our closest relatives. While we can readily observe the results of this high-order cognitive capacity, it is difficult to see how it could have developed. We take up the topic of cave art and archeoacoustics, particularly the discovery that cave art is often closely connected to the acoustic properties of the cave chambers in which it is found. Apparently, early modern humans were able to detect the way sound reverberated in these chambers, and they painted artwork on surfaces that were acoustic “hot spots,” i.e., suitable for generating echoes. We argue that cave art is a form of cross-modality information transfer, in which acoustic signals are transformed into symbolic visual representations. This form of information transfer across modalities is an instance of how the symbolic mind of early modern humans was taking shape into concrete, externalized language. We also suggest that the earliest rock art found in Africa may constitute one of the first fossilized proxies for the expression of full-fledged human linguistic behavior.
机译：早期的现代人发展出的心理能力比非人类灵长类动物要强得多。我们在工具制造的快速创新，复杂语言的发展以及复杂艺术形式的创造中看到了这一点，而在我们最亲近的亲戚中却找不到这些。虽然我们可以很容易地观察到这种高阶认知能力的结果，但是很难看到它是如何发展的。我们讨论了洞穴艺术和考古声学的主题，特别是发现洞穴艺术通常与发现洞穴的房间的声学特性紧密相关的发现。显然，早期的现代人类能够检测到声音在这些腔室中的回荡方式，并且他们在声学“热点”即适合产生回声的表面上绘制了艺术品。我们认为洞穴艺术是一种跨形式的信息传递形式，其中声音信号被转换为符号视觉表示。这种跨形式的信息传递形式是早期现代人类的象征思想如何形成具体的外在化语言的一个实例。我们还建议，在非洲发现的最早的岩画可能构成了最早表达人类完整语言行为的化石代理之一。

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