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Text sources: https://www.britannica.com/art/cave-art https://edu.rsc.org/resources/cave-art-history/1528.article https://edu.rsc.org/resources/prehistoric-pigments/1540.article#:~:text=The%20most%20notable%20thing%20about,%2C%20or%20powdered%20calcium%20carbonate). https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41336956.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNODUpkT2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjejoT1gFOc https://reporter.rit.edu/tech/evolution-storytelling https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/storytelling-and-cultural-traditions https://newsela.com/read/natgeo-storytelling-cultural-traditions/id/51941/ https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-storytelling/ These are sources for the information. (Not the podcasts, photos, or famous quotes.)
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Cave Paintings and the Evolution of Storytelling

This is a timeline about Cave Paintings and the evolution of storytelling. It takes you through the journey of how stories were told, and all about cave paintings.

Cave Paintings

Are you wondering how humans make this historic artwork? This video is by National Geographic.

This is a cool recourse describing cave art. One thing you'll find is that cave art appeared about 40,000 years ago.

The following information is from the source above:


Timeline of significant events:

3,500 years ago, during the upper paleolithic period, there were homo sapiens people.


30,000 years ago, cave art with animals appeared.


30,000 years ago during the transition, homo sapiens spread across Europe.


35,000 years ago during the middle to upper paleolithic period, homo neanderthalensis disappeared.


35,000 years ago during the middle paleolithic period, the first cave art appeared.


40,000 years ago homo sapiens arrived in Europe.


300,000 years ago homo neanderthalensis appeared in Europe.


During the lower paleolithic time, 300,000 years ago, hand axes appeared.


1.6 million years ago homo erectus (Africa)


1.9 million years ago, homo habilus (Africa)

DID YOU KNOW?

Cave art dates back to 40,000 and 14,000 years ago. And it had a religious or symbolic function usually. And, no one exactly knows what all of the cave art  means. But we have a bit of an idea of what it could be.

What are two things that happened 30,000 years ago?


  • Hand axes appeared
  • Homo Sapiens arrived in Europe
  • Homo Sapiens spread across Europe
  • homo neanderthalensis disappeared.
  • Cats arrive in Asia
  • Cave art with animals appeared
  • New hunting ways formed
  • Homo habilus spread across Africa

VIDEO

This is a 360 degree cave art video animation about the evolution of cave art and storytelling.

This article is about the Magdalenian culture and cave art.

FUN FACT!

Most cave art engravings or paintings found on rock walls, shelters, and caves date back to the ice age! Upper paleolithic times! Which was 14,000 and 40,000 years ago!


Source: https://www.britannica.com/art/cave-art

Quiz

Using the information above, try to answer this question: What were two materials humans used to create cave art?

  • Limonite
  • Grass
  • Soot
  • Animal hides
  • Plants
  • Burned Shells
  • Manganese oxide
Cave art

Source: Google

FAMOUS QUOTES


“The world doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” Quote by Pablo Piccaso


“There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.” Quote by Toni Morrison


Source: https://quotlr.com/quotes-about-cave-paintings

📊 Poll

What would you rather use to make cave art?


Podcast exploring prehistoric art.

Cave art

Source: Google

PODCAST

Ancient cave art "'Humans were not centre stage': how ancient cave art puts us in our place"

Cave art

Source: Google

Vocabulary


Ancestors - People in our family tree from long ago

Prehistoric - Something before written records