Seán Burke
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Yeah, so this is known as the Sulawesi warty pig. Harsh. I know. Okay, wow.
Yeah, so this is known as the Sulawesi warty pig. Harsh. I know. Okay, wow.
It's from Sulawesi in Indonesia, and it's been dated to at least 45,500 years ago. But we haven't had anything quite like this from anywhere else in the world. It changes how we understand kind of the beginnings of art.
It's from Sulawesi in Indonesia, and it's been dated to at least 45,500 years ago. But we haven't had anything quite like this from anywhere else in the world. It changes how we understand kind of the beginnings of art.
Yeah. My personal feeling is that it's exactly like you said, Greg, it's these multiple origins. Like it's something innate in us that likes to create, likes to make things. And the other evidence that suggests that it's not just a singularity.
Yeah. My personal feeling is that it's exactly like you said, Greg, it's these multiple origins. Like it's something innate in us that likes to create, likes to make things. And the other evidence that suggests that it's not just a singularity.
origin but possibly a few multiple different origins is we're not the only species to be making art we now know that Neanderthals were doing it too so we have evidence of Neanderthals also producing cave art ornamenting their bodies they're making shell beads too and probably painting their bodies as well
origin but possibly a few multiple different origins is we're not the only species to be making art we now know that Neanderthals were doing it too so we have evidence of Neanderthals also producing cave art ornamenting their bodies they're making shell beads too and probably painting their bodies as well
No, the most common animals that people are drawing are the ones that they're hunting. The most common are deer. So you got that one. Tink. Yeah. Bison. Ibex, so mountain goat. That sort of thing. Horses, I think. Horses, yeah. I knew I was missing one.
No, the most common animals that people are drawing are the ones that they're hunting. The most common are deer. So you got that one. Tink. Yeah. Bison. Ibex, so mountain goat. That sort of thing. Horses, I think. Horses, yeah. I knew I was missing one.
It's from Chauvet Cave in France.
It's from Chauvet Cave in France.