Paleo Cave Art Mysteries: A Three-Part Series: Episode One
Dive into Paleo Cave Art Mysteries with popular science host and author Neil Bockoven in this three-part documentary series. In addition to showing the beauty of these ancient images, we'll get into the science and stories behind the art. What and where is the oldest art? Who made it, and what did it all mean?
We'll show how some of the art probably represents the oldest writing in the world, and why - unfortunately - we've come to believe that the bulk of paleo art has been destroyed.
You'll also see how some of what remains shows the very first images of volcanoes, landscapes, hunting instructions, stars, and directions for rituals - sometimes involving hallucinogens!
Also, why viewing these mysterious images painted and etched on cave walls is such an emotional experience for so many people.
And how cave art from different eras has been found in thousands of locations all over the world -- created by our ancestors and other earlier human species -- and why many of the images and symbols used by these ancient artists are so astoundingly similar.
Neil Bockoven is an award-winning PhD geologist, journalist and the author of the historical fiction “Moctu” series - Moctu and the Mammoth People (October, 2020) and The People Eaters (July 2022) - as well as a children’s science book titled When We Met Neanderthals (2019).
His popular first video series, Paleo Human Mysteries, is a four-part documentary that examines some of the greatest mysteries surrounding our early ancestors. Did we interbreed with Neanderthals and other archaic human species? And why did we survive, while they did not? Based on Neil’s exhaustive research, the series delves deep into the Paleolithic era and the interactions of paleo humans and explores the most recent discoveries being made through archaeology and paleogenetics.
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Credits for Paleo Cave Art Mysteries:
Neil Bockoven
Executive Producer, Scriptwriter, Host
Scott Busby / The Busby Group
Producer, Script Editor
Anthony Tamayo
Director of Photography, Editor
Daniel Bael
2nd Camera, Sound
For more information about Neil Bockoven and his books, visit his website: www.neilbockoven.com/
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For media inquiries, please contact Scott Busby at scottb@thebusbygroup.com or 310.439.9400
Special thanks to Genevieve von Petzinger for her review and comments. Check out her book: The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's First Symbols.
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As an artist who has given up current art supplies in favor of learning from the First Artists, i am looking forward to the rest of this series with great anticipation!
I was 3 when I got up from the dinner table, walked over to my grandmother's beige-papered wall and produced a credible reproduction of a cave painting, with hands coated in BBQ sauce: One here, one there, and two more, culminating in a final, grand, downward sweep of red. My horrified mother jumped up to punish me, but Dad stopped her, explaining that I was merely responding to an ancient artistic urge, handed down from my Neolithic forebears. I actually WAS saved by my ancestral spirits, who saved me from a spanking, and I've been grateful to them ever since.I have also been fascinated by the mystery of them, and awed by the beauty of their art. Thank you for this great video. My only criticism is that it was far too short.
I find it off-putting to say Neanderthals are not "us"; "their" DNA is in us. How can we say for sure we're not more Neanderthal than not?
Picasso after viewing these cave paintings said, 'In 30,000 years we've learned nothing'.
There's just no comparing European cave art to the mostly stick figure scratches found elsewhere. What bugs me is attempting to decipher what the artist is portraying, things we'll never know.
How did he ever get a PhD without painting a single one ?
Art must have been the first universal language.
It’s totally ridiculous! We know that Pablo Picasso did these paintings on Chavez cave… He lives right down the road… You can tell by the line work the shading in the movement of the animals. It was exactly his work. He actually has several paintings that we’re of the same thing.
At the age of three my mom and other relatives left me and my 3 year old uncle in her car while they went into a field to pick vegetables for dinner. I got bored. I was looking around and found my mom's oil paints and i got an idea. I would make the inside of the car pretty! Some time later the adults came back. Oil paint dries slowly. I dont remember if i got in trouble . I probably told her how i made the car pretty and she wasn't as mad. Most of the time kids do something thinking its a good thing. Ive always remembered that.
People weren’t so thrilled about me drawing/painting on the walls when I was a little kid!
Much appreciated, thank you - liked and subscribed. I recently visited Lascaux 4, and it is quite simply amazing. It reproduces the exact layout of the orignal caves and contains 99% of the images in the prehistoric caves. The visit is really efficiently organised with the pictures reproduced again in the exit hall following the caves so you can take pics and read full explanations of each group of images. I was gob smacked and very moved, the English spoken by our guide was excellent and she knew the subject inside out. The whole team there was so friendly and helpful and the organisation of the visit so seamlessly efficient that I wondered if I was still in France.
Im a painter and have been always inspired and profoundly moved by cave art. These exquisite images were made by our ancestors: my ancient forbears are a direct.line to the creators of these present times. The desire to
Thank you for this. I have an amateur hobby of studying the evolution of prehistoric people, civilizations and cultures. Your videos are helpful with this. Thank you again.
Wonderful👍🏼🙏🏼 Thank you for such an engaging conversation, I look forward to watching all your videos here👍🏼
Amazing content as always! Can't wait to watch episode 2!
Good presentation on a subject that I have been interested in since first reading about the Lascaux cave(s) when I was young. I am very pleased to see the progress that cave art researchers have made in the past few decades. I am looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
I live very close to the Maltravieso cave which strangely enough is in a city setting. It’s stunning. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
This was fascinating! What an incredible amount of research went into this video and it's so exciting to think that there is more to come! Thank you Neil Bockoven for producing such a wonderful video!
Thank you for this. It is fascinating. I look forward to learning more about
Excellent! Watched #2 first but enjoyed them both. Great job, Neil!