November 19, 1999
Apes With an Oeuvre
Why do people all over the world produce and enjoy art? What drives them to devote time and energy to an activity that earns only a few individuals significant amounts of money and fame? Is making art some kind of play, a form of exploration, a way of impressing others? The answers are still unclear, but looking at drawings and paintings by apes, our close relatives, may help us to understand our own artistic impulses.
What apes do with brushes and crayons is
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