"Scooby-Doo’s invention was no happy accident; it was a strategic move in response to cultural shifts and political exigencies. The genesis of the series was inextricably bound up with the societal upheavals of 1968—in particular, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy."
"Our Ice Age ancestors may have therefore experienced animal pareidolia to the same degree that we experience face pareidolia. Where we anthropomorphise and perceive faces, they would have zoomorphised and perceived animals."
Huh. Thanks to @Ros Barber for pointing this out.
"Scooby-Doo’s invention was no happy accident; it was a strategic move in response to cultural shifts and political exigencies. The genesis of the series was inextricably bound up with the societal upheavals of 1968—in particular, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-scooby-doos-origins-are-related-robert-kennedys-death-180974856/
Speaking of cave art . . .
"Our Ice Age ancestors may have therefore experienced animal pareidolia to the same degree that we experience face pareidolia. Where we anthropomorphise and perceive faces, they would have zoomorphised and perceived animals."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-our-ancestors-make-startling-art-in-dark-firelit-caves
By the way, young Jamal Tarpley is also now ten years older, working as a therapist in Chicago. Should have mentioned that in the updates.