My favorite story about these caves takes place in the one in Chuavet. Prints were discovered from about 20,000 years ago, of a young boy walking thru the cave, likely to admire some of the paintings that had already been there for thousands of years. At his side were the prints of a canine…it wasn’t stalking him or chasing him….,just walking at his side. A boy and his dog exploring.
@@forestdweller5581 it’s been a while but I seem to remember when the prints were found, it was determined they were made at the same time and that the animal was walking at the boys’s side, not chasing him or stalking him. For sure that long ago it would have been more of a wolf than the dog as we know it today - but from all I’ve read, no one knows for sure when or where domestication began. Studies of DNA still can’t pinpoint a time, or whether it started in Asia or Europe, possibly it could have been both. Lots of different theories.
Paleo art makes me feel a very primal and ancient connection to humanity as a whole. It's absolutely mindblowing to see such a clear and obvious representation of ourselves tens of thousands of years ago. Even then we were making art, and really good art at that. It gives me hope for the future, in a way
In a way , but I wish that art could save us from the suicidal greed that oil company pimps and their street walkers in Washington are driving us to extinction.
One explanation not given for producing these gorgeous images is for the sheer pleasure of it. Most artists I've encountered have such desire to create.
Those lion faces alway get me how anatomically correct they are. It looks the the artist was trying to perfect his skills. The lines and shading. He must of watched a lot of lions. The whole lot blow me away.
They had nothing else but to watch cats and other animals live. Today we watch kittens on RUclips and other social media sites. Seems we're still obsessed with watching cats.
I share my comment with your second reply our ancestors or the people who painted such stunning works of art with only had the surface of a cave wall to work, on while using the most rudimentary colours and tools, the images are “extremely” realistic, -speaking as a practicing artist myself. These people had a vast amount of time to execute their works of art and many look like “studies” or roughs of their subject matter.
Cave art is the only art form that really makes me feel emotional, more so than if I were to visit an art gallery. To think that there was family, feelings, thinking, meticulously planned day-to-day activities, and more for these people, all while living alongside terrifying beasts and giants just outside their home is truly the most fascinating thing to me.
Not to diminish our ancestors but there is at least one site where the art has been attributed to Neanderthals and also structures in Bruniquel Cave. I love that the impulse to create art goes so far back in the human journey. I think the cave paintings done by AMH are awesome. There is one cave painting of a female deer kneeling before a male. The latter is gently licking the female's brow. This is one of my favourite cave paintings. It shows that even back then, humans were able to depict tenderness.
Of course there was. These people weren't the primitive grunters they've been unfairly depicted as. They were fully human, with their own languages, arts, cultures and societies, just like humans today.
One night a long time ago i was sitting on my porch in the middle of the night and a deer walked out of the brush a few feet in front of me. It slowly walked and just at that moment the moon emerged out from behind the clouds and the deer stopped and looked directly up at the moon for about 15 seconds and then just continued walking. You could see the same curiosity and wonder in the deers eyes that a human would feel. It was such a brief moment but one that I'll remember all my life.
as an artist myself and a huge archeology and history enthusiast, i would probably cry visiting those caves and seeing those paintings. These ancient, beautiful art already send shivers down my spine just from watching this video.
Looking at one of the pictures of a cave wall covered in hand prints legit made me tear up. It's so beautiful that we can connect emotionally to people from thousands or even millions of years ago isn't it?
Unfortunately, most of these caves are closed to visitors. Our breath was destroying the paintings. At Lascaux, they created a replica so people can see what it looks like.
@@nbenefiel They should give masks & PPE to visitors, I heard that Pompeii might limit tourists to cut down on human perspiration, CO2, & other things.
Even animals make art. I used to live by a lake where a very large multigeneration family of beaver lived, and my son and I used to find these little four inch long pieces that were perfectly gnawed into little sphears on each end, and gnawed in the middle. Like a little wooden dumbell. We found a lot of them, and they didn't serve any purpose. They were just there by the edges of the lodges, and there were three lodges. They just made them because it was fun and they look cool. Birds make art. Dolphins make art with air bubbles they push together into a pattern. I thinks it's exactly like you say, art makes everybody think.
Excellent point about the complexity of survival in ancient times. We live in the shadow of our ancestors. They were not inferior, but successfully passed their genes to future generations under very difficult conditions which we barely understand.
When i first saw cave paintings years ago i instantly imagined some kind of educational function. Children of the tribe getting teached with these paintings about the wild animals.
The skills of the paleo artists in caves is just AMAZING.. some is SO realistic and evocative.. it’s stunning in its own right.. but when you factor in it’s FORTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD 🤯🤯🤯 just WOW.. so so so amazing.. 😍😍😍 I love that they keep finding MORE!! It’s FANTASTIC 🥰🥰
The art is amazing, and I agree with Pablo's assessment that we haven't learned anything (in Art) since then. Clearly, we've been complex abstract thinkers for some time. But here's the thing. Yes, the art is extraordinarily, but think about it. Some of the pigments used in some of the caves didn't come from readily available sources either in or near the location where the art was made. Some of it was remotely sourced from locations many, many miles, sometimes hundreds, of miles, away. So, while the art itself is revealing in its humanity what I find interesting is what those paints and pigments represent in terms of the social and cultural development of the time. Indeed, in some cases from the level of artistry it must be presumed that it was done by someone well versed, and that implies focused training over an extended period of time. Somebody didn't just wake up one morning, decide to go into a cave and throw some paint on a wall. What this betrays is that the individual must have been part of a complex social group and culture, one which supported him/her as he/she learned their art. Ultimately what this all says to me is that the minds who left all that we see were not simpleton cave men, nor was their culture or society. The art screams it, as does the paints and pigments used. In some ways this art might represent the apex of their times, much as the Sistine Chapel (for example) does ours today... Just some thoughts. John~ American Net'Zen
For me, the human hands are the most awe-inspiring. A direct visual link to the ancestors. Wonderful. Sacred. Magnificent. Seal these ancient museums and galleries: protect their contents.
As a Native American, I can agree that the Caveman of Europe are a parallel to Native Americans. I do not think that it is a insulting comparison as it seems accurate to say such. So before anyone calls him out for that. Stop it. It's a good comparison and noteworthy description. Also I love the video! Keep up the amazing work
Its not really a good parallel. Native americans were far more advance than stone age cavemen. The aztecs and mayas were as or more advance as the ancient Egyptians. Other tribes in north america had massive trading and agicultural networks. Like the mound builders. Iirc, there were even tribes in the Pacific northwest who were experimenting with iron forgeing from scrap metal from asia shipwrecks centuries before Europeans contact. For most part, native americans were in between the copper and bronze age when europeans showed up.
@@SuperPickle15 To be fair, few people actually lived in caves during the stone age. They lived in camps with tents and huts made out of mammoth bone frames and reindeer hides. That's the case for Homo sapiens, at least. Other human species like Neanderthals might have lived differently.
@@SuperPickle15 I get what you mean , but it is also about how do you define advanced. We tend to have very narrow and biased view on progress. Those cave dwellers were surely much more advanced in their survival skills and knowledge about the nature (animal behaviour, seasons etc.) than most of us are. If we were dropped into their situation we would probably just starve or die to the exposure. Could you light a fire reliably with only stuff you can find from the nature? Would you know where to find food and when? I would just say our that knowledge is different. In certain areas we are more advanced, but in others we are less. We are more specialised. We ought not forget that they could survive in their environment for tens of thousands of years without completely destroying it. Let's see if we are advanced enough to do the same. For us it is a global problem while for them it was local, but we too are dependent on managing our ecosystem wisely or we end up destroying ourselves with it. It surely doesn't look good for us.
There is a big limestone bluff behind my house with native American painting on it with all kinds of stuff including the red oaker hand prints, we were told by an expert that it's a shrine to the underwater panther god made around 1000 years ago
You have an excellent presentation style. Not only is everything beautiful on the visual side, but your voice is smooth and calming. I studied this type of thing at the university, but still learned new things here. Thank you.
Well this was fascinating! your videos about ancient humans are just phenomenal. The fact that the paintings depict extinct species that were once real is just unbelievable(especially the hyper-realistic cave lions in Chauvet cave!!). And more... the depictions of european ships in australia, the intersection of something totally ancient and so modern. The encounter back then must have been like we imagine aliens visiting us. It also gives an important insight into the worlds mythologies. All the flood myths corelating with the rising sea levels and much more... who knows what historical facts are encoded in such stories.
I will never forget while backpacking through Spain, walking into the city of Santilina Del Mar. An old lady at a bakery shop told me that I must take the next day off from walking and go see the caves of Altamira… One of the best decisions I have ever made as it led me down the path of much excitement for ancient history and archeology. If you ever go to Spain, you must stop in this gorgeous old town and go see that cave.
1:40 everyone who is super into paleo peoples needs to read the book series this movie came from. It's called “earth's children” but is better known as “clan of the cave bear” it's so good and I'm on my fifth reading of it. The blonde woman in the picture is the main character Ayla and I was so excited when I saw a picture of the movie used though I recommend reading the books or listening to the audiobooks because the movie is outdated and doesn't do the series justice.
What makes it so good is that Auel studied paleoanthropology, archeological evidence etc...and actually built parts of her series around some of these finds (both Creb's and Isa's burials were based on real finds, for example).
i love your channel!! my favorite things to learn about is human prehistory/ancient man/paleo anthropology!! I'd do anything to go back in time and see the world then!! keep up the good work! Your'e awesome!
Really love the topic of cave paintings/cave art, the people put what they've seen in their everyday lives and even included the techniques they used to hunt animals. They made the animals as close as possible to their shapes and sizes.
about the venus figures, there is also theory that they are images made by women looking down on their own bodies. i like this idea and when you compare the statues to pictures of women's bodies taken from first person perspective it seems to make a lot of sense.
Look... I'm just a caveman. Your censorship to match RUclips's bizarre standards confuses and frightens me. But I do know one thing: This is a great channel.
Well done ! Those early artists knew they would be reaching out to people in the future, we are, and we do have so much in common! Thanks, for this informative research, which reaches out to children and adults now, comprehending Evolution. These people were our ancestors! I have a picture of a bear-bone flute made approximately 60,000 years ago!
A facinating post thank you. I amazed and in awe of cave artists. I'm widely considered one of the foremost artists in my field today (with two websites) and yet when I see the achievements of 'cave artists' I am humbled by their skill knowing I could not do under their conditions what they did. I sincerely salute their achievements.
@@jarrah580 try searching for my 2 websites. I am considered one of if not the best living marine artist athough I have painted many other subjects including landscapes, aviation and portraits. Famous paintings include "Roaring Forties", "Trafalgar Dawn" "The Port of Gaillac 1863" and "I Have Urgent Dispatches". They have been widely reproduced in press stories, books and occasinally in TV programmes. enjoy.
What a wonderful video you did a great job, beautifully done, aesthetically pleasing, all-around, good job. I can tell you’re young, as a older young persons I’m pleased to learn that my years of experience has given me a deeper insight on issues. So thank you for that too.😊
Great video man, you obviously put in a ton of hard work. I like that you don't go for the " cheap "everything we've been told is wrong" narrative just to get views. At the same time, you seem open minded enough to consider and discuss any theory of prehistory, as long as it's rooted in facts. Your videos destroy anything the history channel has made in the last 10-15 years! Obviously you're passionate about your work and I really really appreciate it!
One thing I've always wondered.... If there were artists back then talented enough to draw such beautiful and seemingly accurate images of animals, why did none of these caves ever include portraits of humans? I've never seen a cave art human that wasn't just a stick figure
I was thinking about that Steely Dan song while watching this, and then you mentioned it. Excellent! Yes, they heard the call when they wrote it on the wall, to leave a story for us to read thousands of years later.
I've done graffiti for a long time and I can't help but find parallels. It's almost a ritual in itself to go deep into a tunnel to paint. I'm reading a book about Chauvet Cave and the author said something about "art you have to find" and that's where I drew the parallels. Graffiti is very much a show sport but there are also easter eggs you have to search for to appreciate. I love studying cave art.
There is evidence that some art was created by Neanderthals and there is certain mating rituals including objects animals do to attracts mates which could be considered art.
Those bison at 6:20 are unreal. So much detail hard to believe they were using charcoal from fire and painting on cave walls using torch light. Unbelievable
I love cave art/paintings, the first image of the world our ancestors roamed/lived on or in. Even the detailed they gave on the shape of the animals, the region itself and what their everyday lives were like.
Love the videos, very educational and well made. Also, the consistency of your mellow voice is very soothing, especially now that I have a high fever, your voice really allows me to watch without my ears hurting.
Your channel is GREAT!!!! Keep up the good work! You seem to have similar interests with me and my students. I don't have to know all the answers! The questions can be just as fasinating!!!!
On the topic of the Venus figurines, I had two professors (both female archaeologists) mention that the figurines can be seen as self portraits of pregnant women because they and other female archaeologists mention that the shape is similar to women looking down at their bodies during the third trimester
Watching these videos really makes me feel such a strong longing and primal desire to find out the answers as to why we are here, Where did my ancestors come from? How did they live? It fascinates me to my core. I wish I had the money to quit my job and just explore the world.
Excellent video! I could spend a long time looking at cave art 'murals', as they are both fantastic artwork and a tantalizing glimpse of the past. Something hit me during the first few images you showed - they are so well preserved because caves are protected from the elements. It's why they're also a good source for fossil remains. But the art we see on the wall is not likely to be the first and only place the individual artists practiced. I found myself thinking about a landscape where humanity had decorated a lot more surfaces than were preserved until modern times: more paintings on prominent boulders and cliffsides, painting or carving on dead trees or erected posts. That kind of thing would be very unlikely to remain while exposed to weathering, but why not? Why assume all of their art was hidden away in dark caves? Fascinating to wonder about...
10:25 This painting looks very advanced and realistic as compared to those 2-D paintings from the medieval period. Humans have devolved as their brain shrank. Lol
Well done film. Probably the best I have seen on the subject. The diversity of creations around the world was wonderful. Most coverage of this subject is very Eurocentric. I also liked that you did not push an agenda. We don't really know why this work was created, although often religious or political explanations are given. But i have always felt that these works were created, at its source, for the very reasons art is produced today. It is a human thing, the urge to create, to give expression to what goes on in the mind. Sometimes, at least, art is just made because its creator just wanted to make some art. Thanks for the video. I'll be looking at the rest of your work.
Thanks for watching, I do still feel it was a bit Eurocentric. I wish I had covered more art around the world. I just released my best video yet it you want to check it out.
A huge AMEN,my Friend. To Pablo, Steeles and you. I truly believe it we could draw lon our creative invention, life would be celebrated as opposed to wasted death rituals of loss. More, more, my Friend.
sorry to be that guy but the title may be incorrect. you could argue we weren't the first but our ancestors were. Absolutely loved the video as always. Thanks!
These are the kinds of videos I love. You say you could keep going on about ancient art, I could keep listening. More in-depth, site-specific stuff would be awesome!
The aesthetic beauty and skill of these early cave paintings demonstrate that early humans were not really primitive or ignorant. They just didn't have any information. And their only resource was the natural world. Which they somehow found themselves in with no explanation or direction. Other than spirit. What an existential dilemma. What a psychological challenge. Their art work is so masterful. No wonder it had so much influence on European Modernism. 💙
Many people who study these paintings have proposed early humans would have considered themselves as part of the ecology , on the same level as the beasts in their world , in other words , animals are brothers and sisters to them. By drawing slain creatures one has immortalised them , especially as in torchlight the drawings seem to move.
In a winter of reading through and enjoying the art of French caves, was really impressed with one print of a left hand extended, fingers slightly curled and the wrist bent. It could have been my own.... Talk about feeling connected. Sorry I can't remember which cave it was in.
The animal at 21:13 looks way more like a Smilodon, or saber tooth cat to me. I've seen news articles saying it's a ground sloth, but to me it looks nothing like a ground sloth. Even the lower jaw seems to protrude downwards, and looks like the canines of a Smilodon.
My favorite story about these caves takes place in the one in Chuavet. Prints were discovered from about 20,000 years ago, of a young boy walking thru the cave, likely to admire some of the paintings that had already been there for thousands of years. At his side were the prints of a canine…it wasn’t stalking him or chasing him….,just walking at his side. A boy and his dog exploring.
That's awesome!
That gave me chills (the good kind).
I just read about this a couple days ago. It's magical how I've come to this comment 😍
@@forestdweller5581 it’s been a while but I seem to remember when the prints were found, it was determined they were made at the same time and that the animal was walking at the boys’s side, not chasing him or stalking him. For sure that long ago it would have been more of a wolf than the dog as we know it today - but from all I’ve read, no one knows for sure when or where domestication began. Studies of DNA still can’t pinpoint a time, or whether it started in Asia or Europe, possibly it could have been both. Lots of different theories.
Paleo art makes me feel a very primal and ancient connection to humanity as a whole. It's absolutely mindblowing to see such a clear and obvious representation of ourselves tens of thousands of years ago. Even then we were making art, and really good art at that. It gives me hope for the future, in a way
In a way , but I wish that art could save us from the suicidal greed that oil company pimps and their street walkers in Washington are driving us to extinction.
Well said!... maybe, just maybe .. hope we can yet get it right someday
One explanation not given for producing these gorgeous images is for the sheer pleasure of it. Most artists I've encountered have such desire to create.
He does kind of at 4:47
I like to think that’s why it started
And again at 17:00
Yeah but i think in this case there is way more reason to draw things to teach
Nnnñ NC
Those lion faces alway get me how anatomically correct they are. It looks the the artist was trying to perfect his skills. The lines and shading. He must of watched a lot of lions. The whole lot blow me away.
It’s his favorite animal. But too scared to pet it lol
They had nothing else but to watch cats and other animals live.
Today we watch kittens on RUclips and other social media sites.
Seems we're still obsessed with watching cats.
I share my comment with your second reply our ancestors or the people who painted such stunning works of art with only had the surface of a cave wall to work, on while using the most rudimentary colours and tools, the images are “extremely” realistic, -speaking as a practicing artist myself. These people had a vast amount of time to execute their works of art and many look like “studies” or roughs of their subject matter.
@@olgierdogden4742 agreed👍
The best artists were probably among the fastest runners.
No matter how many times I see this paleoart, it still blows me away.
Agreed! The detail is amazing
It's not art
@@dingusdingus2152 Then, what is it, if not art?
Same here! It's absolute magic.
Yeah, such quality, yet so old.
Cave art is the only art form that really makes me feel emotional, more so than if I were to visit an art gallery.
To think that there was family, feelings, thinking, meticulously planned day-to-day activities, and more for these people, all while living alongside terrifying beasts and giants just outside their home is truly the most fascinating thing to me.
Not to diminish our ancestors but there is at least one site where the art has been attributed to Neanderthals and also structures in Bruniquel Cave. I love that the impulse to create art goes so far back in the human journey.
I think the cave paintings done by AMH are awesome. There is one cave painting of a female deer kneeling before a male. The latter is gently licking the female's brow. This is one of my favourite cave paintings. It shows that even back then, humans were able to depict tenderness.
we certainly have never surpassed it
@@dragonfox2.058 Picasso visited Altamira Cave and after, he said, "In 15,000 years, we have invented nithing. After Altamira, all is decadence."
@@harrietharlow9929 I agree. but it was magic not decadence. Picsso only ever saw himself
Of course there was. These people weren't the primitive grunters they've been unfairly depicted as. They were fully human, with their own languages, arts, cultures and societies, just like humans today.
One night a long time ago i was sitting on my porch in the middle of the night and a deer walked out of the brush a few feet in front of me. It slowly walked and just at that moment the moon emerged out from behind the clouds and the deer stopped and looked directly up at the moon for about 15 seconds and then just continued walking. You could see the same curiosity and wonder in the deers eyes that a human would feel. It was such a brief moment but one that I'll remember all my life.
as an artist myself and a huge archeology and history enthusiast, i would probably cry visiting those caves and seeing those paintings. These ancient, beautiful art already send shivers down my spine just from watching this video.
Yeah i get that too. I feel connection with the ancient past when I know humans always liked art
Looking at one of the pictures of a cave wall covered in hand prints legit made me tear up. It's so beautiful that we can connect emotionally to people from thousands or even millions of years ago isn't it?
Unfortunately, most of these caves are closed to visitors. Our breath was destroying the paintings. At Lascaux, they created a replica so people can see what it looks like.
@@nbenefiel They should give masks & PPE to visitors, I heard that Pompeii might limit tourists to cut down on human perspiration, CO2, & other things.
Art is important because it makes you think...about things that others imagined, saw or liked/disliked.
Even animals make art. I used to live by a lake where a very large multigeneration family of beaver lived, and my son and I used to find these little four inch long pieces that were perfectly gnawed into little sphears on each end, and gnawed in the middle. Like a little wooden dumbell. We found a lot of them, and they didn't serve any purpose. They were just there by the edges of the lodges, and there were three lodges. They just made them because it was fun and they look cool. Birds make art. Dolphins make art with air bubbles they push together into a pattern. I thinks it's exactly like you say, art makes everybody think.
Excellent point about the complexity of survival in ancient times. We live in the shadow of our ancestors. They were not inferior, but successfully passed their genes to future generations under very difficult conditions which we barely understand.
It's really sad that you have to cover parts of stone age paintings with $ signs in order to prevent demonetization. Sometimes RUclips sucks.
It’s like RUclips has an abusive contract with every creator and there’s nothing you can do about it. :(
@@NORTH02 Love your videos North 02; keep up the good work.
You Tube tries to implement their biases and push their narrative just like the author did about Graham Hancock.
Remember when RUclips had a separate app for kids🙄😂
@@averongodoffire8098 lol! Said the childish person from under moms skirt...
I've heard that Steely Dan song a thousand times and never knew it was about the cave art. Incredible narration. Keep up the good work 👌 💯
These beautiful images represent awareness and belonging in a world where daily survival was a priority.
Not only were they great artist. But fantastic musicians.
My favorite song is Banging on Sticks and Rocks
The beautiful sounds of infant mortality
They actually have found a fair amount of flutes made from bird bones and at least one I know of made of ivory which would of taken alot of time
When i first saw cave paintings years ago i instantly imagined some kind of educational function. Children of the tribe getting teached with these paintings about the wild animals.
It's amazing that these early humans made wonderful depictions of extinct animals and their views on nature.
Paleolithic artists: I am going to draw my last birthday party on this wall, those dancers with animal costumes were amazing!
Humans nowadays: Aliens!
Oh my god I could totally see this happening
@@lilith4961 Me, too!
This art is a tangible connection with our ancestors. It's haunting and pure magic to me.
It makes me emotional.
The skills of the paleo artists in caves is just AMAZING.. some is SO realistic and evocative.. it’s stunning in its own right.. but when you factor in it’s FORTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD 🤯🤯🤯 just WOW..
so so so amazing.. 😍😍😍
I love that they keep finding MORE!! It’s FANTASTIC 🥰🥰
The art is amazing, and I agree with Pablo's assessment that we haven't learned anything (in Art) since then. Clearly, we've been complex abstract thinkers for some time.
But here's the thing.
Yes, the art is extraordinarily, but think about it. Some of the pigments used in some of the caves didn't come from readily available sources either in or near the location where the art was made.
Some of it was remotely sourced from locations many, many miles, sometimes hundreds, of miles, away. So, while the art itself is revealing in its humanity what I find interesting is what those paints and pigments represent in terms of the social and cultural development of the time.
Indeed, in some cases from the level of artistry it must be presumed that it was done by someone well versed, and that implies focused training over an extended period of time. Somebody didn't just wake up one morning, decide to go into a cave and throw some paint on a wall. What this betrays is that the individual must have been part of a complex social group and culture, one which supported him/her as he/she learned their art.
Ultimately what this all says to me is that the minds who left all that we see were not simpleton cave men, nor was their culture or society. The art screams it, as does the paints and pigments used. In some ways this art might represent the apex of their times, much as the Sistine Chapel (for example) does ours today...
Just some thoughts.
John~
American Net'Zen
For me, the human hands are the most awe-inspiring. A direct visual link to the ancestors. Wonderful. Sacred. Magnificent. Seal these ancient museums and galleries: protect their contents.
This may be the most beautiful things I have learned my entire life. I hope I can visit one of these caves before my time is up.
Excellent, I could have watched this for another hour.
As a Native American, I can agree that the Caveman of Europe are a parallel to Native Americans. I do not think that it is a insulting comparison as it seems accurate to say such. So before anyone calls him out for that. Stop it. It's a good comparison and noteworthy description.
Also I love the video! Keep up the amazing work
I wish more people were as accepting as you. People seem to be get more easily outraged these days.
Its not really a good parallel. Native americans were far more advance than stone age cavemen. The aztecs and mayas were as or more advance as the ancient Egyptians. Other tribes in north america had massive trading and agicultural networks. Like the mound builders.
Iirc, there were even tribes in the Pacific northwest who were experimenting with iron forgeing from scrap metal from asia shipwrecks centuries before Europeans contact.
For most part, native americans were in between the copper and bronze age when europeans showed up.
@@SuperPickle15 To be fair, few people actually lived in caves during the stone age.
They lived in camps with tents and huts made out of mammoth bone frames and reindeer hides.
That's the case for Homo sapiens, at least. Other human species like Neanderthals might have lived differently.
@@SuperPickle15 I get what you mean , but it is also about how do you define advanced. We tend to have very narrow and biased view on progress.
Those cave dwellers were surely much more advanced in their survival skills and knowledge about the nature (animal behaviour, seasons etc.) than most of us are.
If we were dropped into their situation we would probably just starve or die to the exposure. Could you light a fire reliably with only stuff you can find from the nature? Would you know where to find food and when?
I would just say our that knowledge is different. In certain areas we are more advanced, but in others we are less. We are more specialised.
We ought not forget that they could survive in their environment for tens of thousands of years without completely destroying it. Let's see if we are advanced enough to do the same. For us it is a global problem while for them it was local, but we too are dependent on managing our ecosystem wisely or we end up destroying ourselves with it. It surely doesn't look good for us.
There is a big limestone bluff behind my house with native American painting on it with all kinds of stuff including the red oaker hand prints, we were told by an expert that it's a shrine to the underwater panther god made around 1000 years ago
It’s so hard to wrap my mind around how long ago the first art was created . It’s so long ago that I can’t even imagine living that long ago
Art made the world. I really relate to Picasso's reaction. This work is beautiful beyond belief, it is so very emotional.
Great channel! Its really inspiring and humbling to see the art our ancestors left. We are so lucky it has survived too!
You have an excellent presentation style. Not only is everything beautiful on the visual side, but your voice is smooth and calming. I studied this type of thing at the university, but still learned new things here. Thank you.
Well this was fascinating! your videos about ancient humans are just phenomenal. The fact that the paintings depict extinct species that were once real is just unbelievable(especially the hyper-realistic cave lions in Chauvet cave!!). And more... the depictions of european ships in australia, the intersection of something totally ancient and so modern. The encounter back then must have been like we imagine aliens visiting us. It also gives an important insight into the worlds mythologies. All the flood myths corelating with the rising sea levels and much more... who knows what historical facts are encoded in such stories.
Amazing video and I love the perspective that you give in this video extremely insightful.
Your channel is so intriguing. Pls never stop doing these.
Your videos keep getting better and better!
I have watched and listened to a lot of your videos and for whatever reason I really enjoyed this one😊
That image of the caveman with the suit on,was the funniest part of the video.
Good one north,and so i approve of this video.
That's actually from an old SNL skit. I think it was called "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer".
It is all lovely. I wonder if they knew that people centuries later would feel a connection.
I will never forget while backpacking through Spain, walking into the city of Santilina Del Mar. An old lady at a bakery shop told me that I must take the next day off from walking and go see the caves of Altamira…
One of the best decisions I have ever made as it led me down the path of much excitement for ancient history and archeology.
If you ever go to Spain, you must stop in this gorgeous old town and go see that cave.
As an artist myself, I feel grateful for these talents being passed down.
I enjoy your videos so much and appreciate your calm narrations!
Cave mum to Cave dad, "Yes darling, that looks really nice but I was thinking more along the lines of Anaglypta".
Cave dad to Cave Mum, "Anaglytpa, C'mon, I'm not made of rocks!"
1:40 everyone who is super into paleo peoples needs to read the book series this movie came from. It's called “earth's children” but is better known as “clan of the cave bear” it's so good and I'm on my fifth reading of it. The blonde woman in the picture is the main character Ayla and I was so excited when I saw a picture of the movie used though I recommend reading the books or listening to the audiobooks because the movie is outdated and doesn't do the series justice.
22:21 is the carving Jondalar made of Ayla for her first rights ceremony
It's been a long time since I've read the series, but I know what you're saying, evocative writing.
What makes it so good is that Auel studied paleoanthropology, archeological evidence etc...and actually built parts of her series around some of these finds (both Creb's and Isa's burials were based on real finds, for example).
i love your channel!! my favorite things to learn about is human prehistory/ancient man/paleo anthropology!! I'd do anything to go back in time and see the world then!! keep up the good work! Your'e awesome!
💪🏻😎 Also I'm really enjoying these historical images
Really love the topic of cave paintings/cave art, the people put what they've seen in their everyday lives and even included the techniques they used to hunt animals.
They made the animals as close as possible to their shapes and sizes.
Rawrrrr I'm here!! Great video! Interesting information
about the venus figures, there is also theory that they are images made by women looking down on their own bodies. i like this idea and when you compare the statues to pictures of women's bodies taken from first person perspective it seems to make a lot of sense.
Your vids are always compelling. Thank you
Look... I'm just a caveman. Your censorship to match RUclips's bizarre standards confuses and frightens me. But I do know one thing: This is a great channel.
Thanks, basically if I show any nudity of anything close to it they shut all money off and make it so no one sees this video.
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Yeah, now be forced to write a paper about it Tell me how great it is now.
Well done ! Those early artists knew they would be reaching out to people in the future, we are, and we do have so much in common! Thanks, for this informative research, which reaches out to children and adults now, comprehending Evolution. These people were our ancestors! I have a picture of a bear-bone flute made approximately 60,000 years ago!
Criminally underrated channel. Keep it up
Just found this channel And just subscribed! Excellent stuff. Thank you!
Fantastic presentation.
really enjoying your collection, style and knowledge
So beautiful I'm so happy to see this. Thank you for sharing. Thank you artist for leaving this for us to find.
A facinating post thank you.
I amazed and in awe of cave artists.
I'm widely considered one of the foremost artists in my field today (with two websites) and yet when I see the achievements of 'cave artists' I am humbled by their skill knowing I could not do under their conditions what they did.
I sincerely salute their achievements.
must be a pretty obscure field, I've never heard of you
The makers of the cave images were not artists
@@jarrah580 try searching for my 2 websites. I am considered one of if not the best living marine artist athough I have painted many other subjects including landscapes, aviation and portraits. Famous paintings include "Roaring Forties", "Trafalgar Dawn" "The Port of Gaillac 1863" and "I Have Urgent Dispatches". They have been widely reproduced in press stories, books and occasinally in TV programmes. enjoy.
@@dingusdingus2152 very profound, what, who is an 'artist'?
@@gordonfrickers5592 extremely humble of you. I still have never heard of you btw and no i'm not going on ur website
Loved it!! Well done.
Thank u!
Wow your voice has really deepened since some of your older videos, plus great video (as per usual).
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. You are doing an amazing job.
Fantastic and beautiful. 🌟 thanks
What a wonderful video you did a great job, beautifully done, aesthetically pleasing, all-around, good job. I can tell you’re young, as a older young persons I’m pleased to learn that my years of experience has given me a deeper insight on issues. So thank you for that too.😊
Great video man, you obviously put in a ton of hard work. I like that you don't go for the " cheap "everything we've been told is wrong" narrative just to get views. At the same time, you seem open minded enough to consider and discuss any theory of prehistory, as long as it's rooted in facts. Your videos destroy anything the history channel has made in the last 10-15 years! Obviously you're passionate about your work and I really really appreciate it!
One thing I've always wondered.... If there were artists back then talented enough to draw such beautiful and seemingly accurate images of animals, why did none of these caves ever include portraits of humans? I've never seen a cave art human that wasn't just a stick figure
I was thinking about that Steely Dan song while watching this, and then you mentioned it. Excellent! Yes, they heard the call when they wrote it on the wall, to leave a story for us to read thousands of years later.
I've done graffiti for a long time and I can't help but find parallels. It's almost a ritual in itself to go deep into a tunnel to paint. I'm reading a book about Chauvet Cave and the author said something about "art you have to find" and that's where I drew the parallels. Graffiti is very much a show sport but there are also easter eggs you have to search for to appreciate. I love studying cave art.
Excellent presentation. I'm curious as to your thoughts on the idea that art may have been created by other species besides modern humans.
There is evidence that some art was created by Neanderthals and there is certain mating rituals including objects animals do to attracts mates which could be considered art.
Those bison at 6:20 are unreal. So much detail hard to believe they were using charcoal from fire and painting on cave walls using torch light. Unbelievable
I love cave art/paintings, the first image of the world our ancestors roamed/lived on or in.
Even the detailed they gave on the shape of the animals, the region itself and what their everyday lives were like.
Love the videos, very educational and well made. Also, the consistency of your mellow voice is very soothing, especially now that I have a high fever, your voice really allows me to watch without my ears hurting.
Thank You for a good video. It was gentle and respectful.
Beautiful 😍 I love old cave art !!!!!!
Awesome vid
Your channel is GREAT!!!! Keep up the good work! You seem to have similar interests with me and my students.
I don't have to know all the answers! The questions can be just as fasinating!!!!
Thank you!! - an artist & teacher all my short life.
On the topic of the Venus figurines, I had two professors (both female archaeologists) mention that the figurines can be seen as self portraits of pregnant women because they and other female archaeologists mention that the shape is similar to women looking down at their bodies during the third trimester
Watching these videos really makes me feel such a strong longing and primal desire to find out the answers as to why we are here, Where did my ancestors come from? How did they live? It fascinates me to my core. I wish I had the money to quit my job and just explore the world.
you should consider making a part 2! i'd love one :)
This was really helpful for my teaching session
I really like your videos, and I am a grateful subscriber.
Excellent video! I could spend a long time looking at cave art 'murals', as they are both fantastic artwork and a tantalizing glimpse of the past. Something hit me during the first few images you showed - they are so well preserved because caves are protected from the elements. It's why they're also a good source for fossil remains. But the art we see on the wall is not likely to be the first and only place the individual artists practiced.
I found myself thinking about a landscape where humanity had decorated a lot more surfaces than were preserved until modern times: more paintings on prominent boulders and cliffsides, painting or carving on dead trees or erected posts. That kind of thing would be very unlikely to remain while exposed to weathering, but why not? Why assume all of their art was hidden away in dark caves? Fascinating to wonder about...
10:25 This painting looks very advanced and realistic as compared to those 2-D paintings from the medieval period. Humans have devolved as their brain shrank. Lol
Do you mean Renaissance? They used complex mathematics to create their artwork soooooo
@@kayzeaza Not Renaissance, painting style before it. Byzantine, early Christian style.
@@kayzeaza No, the artwork before the renaissance in the Dark Ages.
@Busta Nut go and run into the forest then, "live free"
Medieval painters had biased views and beliefs. Cavemen created their art from experience with open mind.
The art tells us so much about our ancestors I really like these videos
Well done film. Probably the best I have seen on the subject. The diversity of creations around the world was wonderful. Most coverage of this subject is very Eurocentric. I also liked that you did not push an agenda. We don't really know why this work was created, although often religious or political explanations are given. But i have always felt that these works were created, at its source, for the very reasons art is produced today. It is a human thing, the urge to create, to give expression to what goes on in the mind. Sometimes, at least, art is just made because its creator just wanted to make some art.
Thanks for the video. I'll be looking at the rest of your work.
Thanks for watching, I do still feel it was a bit Eurocentric. I wish I had covered more art around the world. I just released my best video yet it you want to check it out.
A huge AMEN,my Friend. To Pablo, Steeles and you. I truly believe it we could draw lon our creative invention, life would be celebrated as opposed to wasted death rituals of loss.
More, more, my Friend.
beautiful video, thank you
sorry to be that guy but the title may be incorrect. you could argue we weren't the first but our ancestors were. Absolutely loved the video as always. Thanks!
These are the kinds of videos I love. You say you could keep going on about ancient art, I could keep listening. More in-depth, site-specific stuff would be awesome!
Thanks for the video. Greetings from Poland.
The aesthetic beauty and skill of these early cave paintings demonstrate that early humans were not really primitive or ignorant. They just didn't have any information. And their only resource was the natural world. Which they somehow found themselves in with no explanation or direction. Other than spirit. What an existential dilemma. What a psychological challenge. Their art work is so masterful. No wonder it had so much influence on European Modernism. 💙
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Fascinating! Thanks! ❤
Great presentation, bravo !
Many people who study these paintings have proposed early humans would have considered themselves as part of the ecology , on the same level as the beasts in their world , in other words , animals are brothers and sisters to them. By drawing slain creatures one has immortalised them , especially as in torchlight the drawings seem to move.
Very interesting channel, I love it, hope everything is well
In a winter of reading through and enjoying the art of French caves, was really impressed with one print of a left hand extended, fingers slightly curled and the wrist bent. It could have been my own.... Talk about feeling connected. Sorry I can't remember which cave it was in.
Excellent! Thank you.
"Sorry vegans!"🤣 Great video!
Beautiful
Those hand paintings, hit different man.
Wonderful. More please
Excellent!
The animal at 21:13 looks way more like a Smilodon, or saber tooth cat to me. I've seen news articles saying it's a ground sloth, but to me it looks nothing like a ground sloth. Even the lower jaw seems to protrude downwards, and looks like the canines of a Smilodon.