[EN] Here is my collaboration for number 8 of the newspaper 'Femiñetas' (gender issues explained with illustration and comics, a super nice project across Spain, Argentina and other latinamerican countries), a whole page with this little comic about taking care and the first sign of civilisation. A free interpretation of this touching quote of the anthropologist Margaret Mead.
[SP] Aquí está mi colaboración para el número 8 del periódio 'Femiñetas' (temas de género explicados desde la ilustración y el cómic, un proyecto súper bonito que cruza España, Argentina y otros países latinoamericanos), una página entera con este pequeño cómic sobre cuidarse y el primer signo de civilización. Una libre interpretación sobre esta emocionante cita de la antropóloga Margaret Mead.
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-Once the anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked which was the first sign of civilisation.
- An amphora? A sharp stone? A weapon?
- A healed femur!
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The femur is the largest part of the human body
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A broken femur takes 6 weeks to heal
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A healed femur shows that somebody took care of the injured
Somebody made his part of hunting and recolection
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It shows that they were by her side, the offered her protection and company until it healed.
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Where the law of the strongest prevails
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There are no healed femurs
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There's still people affirming 'man is a wolf to man'
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But we know our packs are sustained by caring
[EN] The whole page format:
[SP] El formato de la página completa:
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