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YOUR note on the "Origins of Human Graphic Art" reminds me of observations I made some years ago at Matheran, near Bombay. Large numbers of large long-tailed monkeys romp about this little hill station and afford much amusement to visitors. I frequently saw such monkeys trace the outline of one of their hands in the dust, using a twig held almost as one would hold a pencil. Other monkeys inspected the traced outlines with a show of interest, walking round and round the spot with what seemed to be an anxious manner.
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BOWEN, J. Origins of Human Graphic Art. Nature 149, 733 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149733d0
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