Were Neanderthals Capable of Producing Art? | SLICE SCIENCE | FULL DOCUMENTARY

[@philthycat1408]

Nice to imagine a Neanderthal Bob Ross thousands of years ago.

[@roxcastaneda]

This is wonderful, amazing and I feel fortunate that I can watch this video.

[@SLICE_Science]

Thank you so much !

[@lizardspeak2255]

​@@SLICE_Science ​ And for free! Educational media should be accessible to everyone

[@laelbickle981]

The very first carving found in the cave appears to my eyes to be a bird with the low round stone as the head and the wings and tail pointing upward and almost centered in the bend of the wall.... maybe it's just me but it all blends together perfectly

[@tunneloflight]

Note too that 60,000 years is when light was excluded, not when the carvings were made. That was earlier. Perhaps much earlier

[@OzMate79]

I think what we call Neanderthals left the caves long before we started using them, maybe some were still using them here and there. But just like we have different cultures and appearances today so did they and who’s to say some were not more sophisticated than others? Not just cavemen but a society with culture and a deep understanding of earth itself.

[@barrymoore4470]

It struck me that the facial representation (a plausible interpretation of the object) could just as easily be that of a non-human animal, such as a feline. In any case, this evidence that Neanderthals were capable of and productive of such visual representation is quite remarkable.

[@michaelfleming4015]

Two things I have to say. First, there is a significant difference between nonobjective art and abstract art. These scientists are not art historians and seem to be oblivious to this difference. I can accept the cave markings as nonobjective art. It is art created for the visual and tactile experience of creating the art. It is not representational of anything, therefore it is nonobjective. It is absolutely not abstract. Second, human beings are preprogrammed to see faces in anything. The face carved on the surface of Mars is a well known examples. Numerous examples of faces found on cliffs are known around the world. The stone may have been modified by Neanderthals, but we see a face because we can see abstract faces in anything. Our minds automatically create that connection within our brains. It does not equate to purposeful intention in the process of the object’s creation. I believe Neanderthals were capable of non objective, experiential Art. Abstraction was way beyond them. We are the ones creating the abstract connections in our own processing.

[@andrewheather3698]

The experimental "recreation" of the marks does not take into consideration the progressive deterioration of the stone over the tens of thousands of years since Neanderthal times. An unfortunate oversight.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

At this point, I am pretty sure that we can say that, yes, they were capable of art.

[@beforeoriondotcom]

An alternative perspective on the La Roche-Cotard art - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHPKq5ibqL2gmcU

[@tunneloflight]

And now, knowing the Neanderthals got there first, and interbred with Sapiens - that they brought art to sapiens, not the other way round.

[@KrishnanNath]

It is a theory at best

[@tunneloflight]

@@KrishnanNath You are certainly entitled to your opinion and theories.

[@arthurwebber-g4l]

My cousin did a bit of cave Art

[@hobonickel840]

Would enough solar radiation change dna ...like that of a micronova? ...Im not saying it did ..Im only asking if radiation can erase a soecies by alternating dna

[@jasonbeaudry489]

I think it might be animals, like a cat scratches a post. Or maybe some other cave animal.

[@kokorico06]

She did those patterns with her nose😂

[@davedeburgo4696]

Looked ok. Shame we were unable to hear 2 different people talking at the same time. Terrible.

[@timothyeaster4950]

Denasovians do it better.

[@tunneloflight]

Denisovans had carved bracelets and jewelry (art) at least 50,000 years ago.