Emmanuel Mellet|Mathilde Salagnon|Ana Majki?|Sandrine Cremona|Marc Joliot|Gaël Jobard|Bernard Mazoyer|N. Tzourio Mazoyer|Francesco d’Errico
Neuroimaging supports the representational nature of the earliest human engravings
Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|French National Centre for Scientific Research|University of Bordeaux|De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute|University of Bordeaux|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|University of Bordeaux|De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie|French National Centre for Scientific Research|University of Bergen
earliest human graphic productions consisting abstract patterns engraved variety media date lower middle palaeolithic associated anatomically modern archaic hominins nature significance engravings still question address issue used functional magnetic resonance imaging compare brain activations triggered perception engraved patterns dating 540 000 30 000 years present elicited perception scenes objects symbollike characters written words perception engravings bilaterally activated regions along ventral route pattern similar activated perception objects suggesting graphic productions processed organized visual representations brain moreover perception engravings led leftward activation visual word form area results support hypothesis engravings visual properties meaningful representations presentday humans could served purpose early modern humans archaic hominins