58: Cave Paintings & Handprints

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

Links and Show Notes: Support Pictorial with a Relay FM Membership 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