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There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual arts - decoration of surfaces and bodies - appears to be a human universal.
Steven Pinker
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Steven Pinker
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 18
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Steven Arthur Pinker
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