Greg Jenner

Just get out a sharpie. There you go, mammoth, what do you want? He did the opposite. He wiped his finger across it and smudged it through. What does that prove? That it's incredibly delicate?

I understood few of those. Exactly. It's basically my bad.

I understood few of those. Exactly. It's basically my bad.

Priced his artwork, rubbed his finger through it, nearly destroyed it. Sean, what's the comedian's equivalent of that?

Priced his artwork, rubbed his finger through it, nearly destroyed it. Sean, what's the comedian's equivalent of that?

All right, so we've done southern France, we've done Altamira in Spain. Where else were the major sights?

All right, so we've done southern France, we've done Altamira in Spain. Where else were the major sights?

But we do actually have a much older example of drawing.

But we do actually have a much older example of drawing.

OK, so that's 100,000 years ago, the earliest human art that we have in terms of drawing. Let's move on to representative art. This is art that looks like a thing. So, Sean, in the past few months, literally in the past few months, scientists have announced the discovery of the oldest ever painting depicting a real thing. OK. It was found in Sulawesi, which is in Indonesia, on an island. Right.

OK, so that's 100,000 years ago, the earliest human art that we have in terms of drawing. Let's move on to representative art. This is art that looks like a thing. So, Sean, in the past few months, literally in the past few months, scientists have announced the discovery of the oldest ever painting depicting a real thing. OK. It was found in Sulawesi, which is in Indonesia, on an island. Right.

Yeah, I'm going to stick with beach ball. Beach ball? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, we can show you what it was. I'll hand it to you. There you go. Thank you. What can you see? A very well-fed pig. Yeah. Is it? Yeah. All right. It's an incredible pig, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it looks happy and healthy, if you ask me. Izzy, this is very exciting for numerous reasons.

Yeah, I'm going to stick with beach ball. Beach ball? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, we can show you what it was. I'll hand it to you. There you go. Thank you. What can you see? A very well-fed pig. Yeah. Is it? Yeah. All right. It's an incredible pig, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it looks happy and healthy, if you ask me. Izzy, this is very exciting for numerous reasons.

A, it's the oldest ever representative art.

A, it's the oldest ever representative art.

Secondly, art outside Europe.

Secondly, art outside Europe.

So tell us about it.

So tell us about it.

Is art something that's invented once and spreads or is it a human instinct that shows up constantly in different places because each new group of humans is going, I've got an idea.