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    #58: Cave Paintings & Handprints

    April 26th, 2022 · 32 minutes

    What is the earliest art made by humans? Depends on what you mean by "earliest," "art," and "humans."

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    Chauvet Cave - Wikipedia
    A journey deep inside Spain’s temple of cave art - BBC Travel
    Archaeologists Have Discovered a Pristine 45,000-Year-Old Cave Painting of a Pig That May Be the Oldest Artwork in the World
    Ochres from the Blombos Cave
    Experts Believe They Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Drawings in a South African Cave - Artnet News
    Archaeologists Have Discovered the World's Oldest Cave Paintings—And They're by Neanderthals - Artnet News
    200,000-year-old handprints may be the world's oldest artwork, scientists say - CBC Radio
    Venus of Tan-Tan - Wikipedia
    Durham visual Palaeopsychology: cross-disciplinary research into the origins of art - Durham University
    A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World - Smithsonian Magazine