4. • Lascaux and Chauvet Caves @ 32,000 years ago
• Ochre body paint and shell necklaces @ about
100,000 years ago
• Human color vision evolved to detect color contrast
as a primitive response for survival
Visual Anthropology
5. • Visual information processed
instantaneously &
subconsciously through a
complex system perfected
through evolution, by at least 3
dozen anatomically distinct
regions of the brain
• Studies continue to prove &
expand upon the impact of
visual information on cognition
& neural networks
So what’s the big idea?
Friday, February 8, 13