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Tuesday 20 February 2018

The world's first animation



A reconstruction of a spinning disk from about 14,000 to 21,000 years ago in Western Europe shows an animal in different positions on each side. As the disk is twirled on a string, the creature appears to move.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-toys-kids-archaeological-record
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