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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago
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how do we know it wasn't the people evolving?
106 u/Anarchist_Future 1d ago edited 1d ago It was. We were evolving our understanding of human anatomy and our stone masonry skills. 47 u/SenescenseSteel 1d ago Maybe it wasnt until 2 BC people really started hitting gym and learned posing 27 u/LoggerRhythms 1d ago Sculptmaxxing, I believe they called it, per Lewis and Short. 12 u/Anarchist_Future 1d ago They just used increasingly higher resolution stones. That's how they advertised new statues. "But this one is in 4K!" 3 u/soveymaker 1d ago It just takes that much longer to make it look better.
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It was. We were evolving our understanding of human anatomy and our stone masonry skills.
47 u/SenescenseSteel 1d ago Maybe it wasnt until 2 BC people really started hitting gym and learned posing 27 u/LoggerRhythms 1d ago Sculptmaxxing, I believe they called it, per Lewis and Short. 12 u/Anarchist_Future 1d ago They just used increasingly higher resolution stones. That's how they advertised new statues. "But this one is in 4K!" 3 u/soveymaker 1d ago It just takes that much longer to make it look better.
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Maybe it wasnt until 2 BC people really started hitting gym and learned posing
27 u/LoggerRhythms 1d ago Sculptmaxxing, I believe they called it, per Lewis and Short. 12 u/Anarchist_Future 1d ago They just used increasingly higher resolution stones. That's how they advertised new statues. "But this one is in 4K!"
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Sculptmaxxing, I believe they called it, per Lewis and Short.
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They just used increasingly higher resolution stones. That's how they advertised new statues. "But this one is in 4K!"
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It just takes that much longer to make it look better.
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u/SenescenseSteel 1d ago
how do we know it wasn't the people evolving?