Seán Burke

So what we thought was actually an adult activity exclusively, we know that children are actively participating in and probably been taught the importance of this as a way to preserve knowledge in the society. But in my recent research, I've also shown some evidence of children kind of doing their own thing with cave art, which I think is really cool, too.

So I looked at a panel from Las Monedas Cave in Spain. And this is a group of drawings that was previously interpreted as a panel of enigmatic signs, which is archaeology speak for we don't know, but it's very weird. It's quite low to the ground, the original Paleolithic cave floor. It consists of lots of sort of concentric circles and random lines that intersect each other.

So I looked at a panel from Las Monedas Cave in Spain. And this is a group of drawings that was previously interpreted as a panel of enigmatic signs, which is archaeology speak for we don't know, but it's very weird. It's quite low to the ground, the original Paleolithic cave floor. It consists of lots of sort of concentric circles and random lines that intersect each other.

And this is all characteristic of very young children's marks. So I've made the argument that this is children, very young children making this art.

And this is all characteristic of very young children's marks. So I've made the argument that this is children, very young children making this art.

Thank you.

Thank you.