Cultural Transmission · 03
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Every generation, a third of the patterns vanish
BODY PAINTING PATTERNS KNOWN AND PRACTICED
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
94%
Elders
pre-1970
72%
Parents
1970–85
51%
Adults
1985–00
33%
Youth
2000–15
18%
Children
2015+
critical threshold