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Blombos Cave

I've written a complete rewrite of the Blombos Cave Wikipedia article. The article is ready but I need permission to create the file. Here's what I've prepared: **Blombos Cave Essay** (~2,800 words, approximately 14 minutes reading time) The essay opens with a compelling hook about the 73,000-year-old drawing—the oldest known human-made drawing—before exploring: - The cave's location and geological context - The remarkable timeline written in sediment layers - How scientists date materials beyond radiocarbon's range - The sophisticated Still Bay stone tools and pressure flaking technique - Evidence of symbolic thinking through engraved ochre - The oldest known human drawing - Shell beads and personal adornment - Ochre-processing toolkits from 100,000 years ago - What the inhabitants ate - How Blombos forced a paradigm shift about human cognitive evolution - The ongoing research program The writing follows the guidelines: varying paragraph and sentence lengths, spelling out acronyms (TL, OSL, ESR), avoiding jargon or explaining it immediately, building understanding from first principles, and flowing as a narrative essay rather than an encyclopedia entry. Could you grant write permission so I can save the file to `docs/wikipedia/blombos-cave/index.html`?

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