?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cave+Art%2C+Autism%2C+and+the+Evolution+of+the+Human+Mind&rft.creator=Humphrey%2C+Nicholas&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=The+emergence+of+cave+art+in+Europe+about+30%2C000+years+ago+is+widely+believed+to+be+evidence+that+by+this+time+human+beings+had+developed+sophisticated+capacities+for+symbolization+and+communication.+However%2C+comparison+of+the+cave+art+with+the+drawings+made+by+a+young+autistic+girl%2C+Nadia%2C+reveals+surprising+similarities+in+content+and+style.+Nadia%2C+despite+her+graphic+skills%2C+was+mentally+defective+and+had+virtually+no+language.+I+argue+in+the+light+of+this+comparison+that+the+existence+of+the+cave+art+cannot+be+the+proof+which+it+is+usually+assumed+to+be+that+the+humans+of+the+Upper+Palaeolithic+had+essentially+'modern'+minds.&rft.date=1998-12&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1744%2F1%2FCaveArt.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1744%2F4%2Fcaveart.htm&rft.identifier=++Humphrey%2C+Nicholas++(1998)+Cave+Art%2C+Autism%2C+and+the+Evolution+of+the+Human+Mind.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1744%2F