[blam]

"It is exceedingly rare to find a good artist in a family that does not already have a good artist. "

The human family has lots of artists.

Preservation Of Rock Imagery (Australia)

" 'Rock varnish' in petroglyphs in South Australia has been dated to greater than thirty thousand years ago (Nobbs and Dorn 1988). Red and yellow ochres, perhaps used in rock painting, have been recovered from contexts dated to 60,000 ago (Roberts et al. 1990)."

The 'Hobbits' on Flores Island were found with a well-worn shell necklace dated at 80,000 years old.

[muawiyah]

Again, the Hobbits were found still hopping about in relatively "recent" times, eh., and a shell necklace does not a masterpiece make.

I also said "good artists". As we all know, most people have some degree of artistic talent, but not enough to be considered "good".

Good artists run in families.