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humanodon  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Who was the first to ever _______?"

I recognize that and it is a very valid point. Still, I like to think about these things. Take tattoos for example. What steps lead to primitive tatooing? It's so deliberate, yet chance must have played a role at some stage.





thenewgreen  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My guess, and I literally have no evidence to back this up, is that tattooing began with scars. I would bet that people were self inflicting scars before they were tattooing. I would imagine people admired others peoples scars and that's how it began. Or perhaps it was birthmarks? I agree though, these are interesting things to ponder.