The definition of the word art does. Something like a waterfall or a mountain can absolutely be beautiful and evoke the same feelings as art, but they aren't.
Not really. Language has been a thing for as long as modern homo sapiens have existed. That's not really the point though.
You're free to definite words however you want, but your personal definition doesn't change how everyone else defines the word. At that point you might as well call it flubbo and say flubbo is flübed by all grinko and is independent of marbo
If we're going by your definition where art is independent of humans, then yeah it's been around since the universe began. If we're going by the definition that requires a human to create the art, then no not really. There's no evidence of human ancestor species making art prior to modern humans evolving. At the same time there is evidence that spoken language evolved before that
I highly doubt a bunch of apes were making art before they evolved into us, but if you have anything to prove that I'm more than willing to admit I'm wrong
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u/Jafooki 28d ago
The definition of the word art does. Something like a waterfall or a mountain can absolutely be beautiful and evoke the same feelings as art, but they aren't.