The Science Behind Storytelling

Bonnie A.
4 min readApr 10, 2022

Storytelling is ancient and intrinsic to human experience. Before written language or print, our predecessors depicted stories in visual form. Researchers estimate early drawings found in a cave in Chavaux, France are at least 30,000 years old. After visual forms of storytelling developed, oral tradition ensued. Storytelling took on this form for generations, morphing into the written narratives we have today.

Bonnie A.

If we don’t tell our stories, who will? Mama, sociologist, behaviorist, photographer, francophile. Co-founder of goodsteadusa.com Polaroids @instantdreamlight