Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast.

NEANDERTHAL INTELLECT

A fascinating article addressing intellectual achievements. I write about Bruniquel Cave and art work in terms of the cognitive abilities of those who use memory methods other than writing.

knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...?

#theknowledgegene #Indingeousknowledges #memory

Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art Archaeologists say stencil painted with ochre in limestone cave on Muna Island was created at least 67,800 years ago

ART - adding support to the argument that Australia has a 65,000 year old continuous First Nations culture.

Art is absolutely critical to knowledge systems of Indigenous cultures - and inherent in Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...?

#theknowledgegene #memorycode

The Long Count How we memorialize significant events says a lot about our cultural view of time. Consider the Chief White Horse Winter Count.

Winter counts - Native American brilliance

I have researched and written about non-literate memory devices for two decades now. One of my favourites is the winter count.

Good stuff starts after the asterisk *

www.sapiens.org/culture/cult...

#MemoryCraft #TheKnowledgeGene #TheMemoryCode

Portable memory devices – Scottish carved stone balls Share on

Scottish Carved Stone Balls

I was delighted when a reader of 'The Knowledge Gene' and 'The Memory Code' sent an image of an art installation inspired by my favourite Neolithic memory devices. Thank you, Lee!

#neolithic #theknowledgegene #memory #mnemonicdevices

www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=652

A talk / workshop for the IAU Symposium: "Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age" conference.

- Indigenous knowledge, archaeology and cultural astronomy based on 'The Memory Code' and 'The Knowledge Gene'.

www.youtube.com/watch?

#indigenousknowledge #theknowledgegene #astronomy #memorysystems

The (surprisingly new) science of aphantasia – the inability to ‘see’ mental imagery | Psyche Videos What studying people without a ‘mind’s eye’ reveals about the role of imagery in the experience of emotion and memory

APHANTASIA - the lack of visual imagery - the history and science. The brain doesn't link memory to the visual cortex.

The excellent video explains that we aphantasics lack the ability to relive trauma. And how evolution favours diversity.

psyche.co/videos/the-s...

#aphantasia #theknowledgegene

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THE KNOWLEDGE GENE

I will be talking about The Knowledge Gene on ABC Illawarra, on Mornings with Nick Rheinberger after the 10 AM news, this morning.

www.abc.net.au/illawarra

#theknowledgegene #memory #Indigenousknowledge

DENISOVANS - incredible discovery.

Denisovans, along with Nenderthals and modern humans have two copies of the human version of the NF1 gene - the gene which set off the search for knowledge systems in evolution and archaeology as told in "The Knowledge Gene".

Exciting!

#theknowledgegene #NF1