Thanks Philip. I loved this artice! Its particularly interesting that
cave paintings are *meant* to be viewed in fat oil light, which is
dynamic and yellow/orange compared to the electric illumination
presently used in those caves.
I wonder if there have been any studies comparing the wavelengths of
light that humans are best suited to use in low light conditions
against the spectrum put out by fat lamps? Based on my experience we
see better under an orange/yellow light than white (campfires, those
orange-pink street lamps, orange light for car dashboards).
JJ
--- Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 12:38:40 -0600, Jana Eagle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Another thing: thanks to the person who mentioned the Lights Out
> book;
----snip---
> >longest night of the year... huddle around the fire and tell stories
> >and drink Paleo drinks... (ie, water) :-)
>
> Or turn on a few paleolithic lamps to lighten things:
>
>       http://www.insticeagestudies.com/library/iceagelamps.html
>
> which have been around 40000 years.
>
> It may be generally underappreciated how sophisticated these humans
> could be with their stone-age technology.
>
>
> Philip Thrift
> http://www.geocities.com/PaleoFitness


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