It's a joke. In the Lord of the Rings this is what happens to the one ring and it does indeed get found in the river by a hobbit who would then turn into Gollum.

Yes, imitation indicates they were in contact somehow, which falls into diffusionism.

I mean, have you seen what guys are like? Probably a case of at imitating life.

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>way to push your pseudoscientific hogwash

Holy crap, what is with this prejudice?

I gave you ONE example. This can be multiplied.

"Or the physical constraints of the stylized nature of the artworks meant there was no other real place for the hands to go."

And what you describe here also falls into the category of evolutionism.

I just want to know if there are other accepted frameworks other than diffusionism and evolution.

Dave’s not here, man.

You cite three certain cultures separated by long distances that place the hands of their statutes on their bellybuttons or over their genitals.

Why on Earth could such a coincidence occur? Um, because genitals and the belly button all have to to with new life? Or the physical constraints of the stylized nature of the artworks meant there was no other real place for the hands to go. I don't know.

What I do know is that if you really want to engage with your question, go into the archeological scholarship, not reddit. Asking the question here is just a bad faith way to push your pseudoscientific hogwash.

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Then you and I must be 13,7 billion years old too.

Artwork is intentional representation. When you look at a painting, sculpture, motif etc. every drawn line, etched detail has to have a purpose. Just like in architecture, if you look at a floor plan, even the smallest dot has a purpose.

How many places are there to put a statue's hands? If the arms are not separated from the torso, the hands have to go on the torso as well.

Hang your arms against your torso. Where do your hands end up? Right at the level of your genitals. Is this remarkable?

Am I having a stroke?

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I will copy paste a comment which I wrote before;

One example I can think of are the statues found in Turkey, Indonesia and Easter Island. Their hands are depicted as being positioned around the navel/genitals.

Yes, this falls into diffusionism.

Yes I did watch it and I am familiar with Hancock's work for far longer. I don't see the connection to the question.

Hmm yes. I was thinking about Dawkins's meme idea as well but didn't think about Jung. Thank you.

I am asking this question because I recently read a book from Oscar Montelius and I am genuinely curious.

Don't worry I won't bring "pseudoarchaeology" into this, whatever that means.

I don't think they explain intricate details. One comment I posted before is something like this;

One example I can think of are the statues found in Turkey, Indonesia and Easter Island. Their hands are depicted as being positioned around the navel/genitals.

And most MTG collectors are idiots.

Could Custer's command have defended Deep Ravine? ...If they had used that as a last stand location?

What do you mean by motifs or edifices? Because that could encompass some practical or even necessary construction techniques.

Otherwise, people like drawing people and also what they can see.

Are we certain it didn't say "You show me yours, I'll show you mine."

Yes, but they wouldn't have been gold, not until they were all together.