I get chills every time I see that hand print. Someone, tens of thousands of years ago, did that to make their mark on the world.

@lukewertz3795

5 жыл бұрын

no i just used my time machine and went back and ruined the drawing of a woolly mammoth some guy called ooga booga was making

@loganb7059

4 жыл бұрын

Crazy things happen after 8:45 It’s like an eons old version of “Killroy was here.”

@crusaderofthelowlands3750

4 жыл бұрын

Dark Brotherhood didn't mess around back then.

@angiporter3117

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Bedenis bahaha well said!!!!!!

@patrickraftery1815

4 жыл бұрын

It's about showing you were a part of time.

Fun fact, the last full dodo bird was a stuffed one that was thrown out in like the 17 or 1800s because it “smelled musty”

@MoonOffSpringC

4 жыл бұрын

rip to the emblem of my island lmao

@dougthedonkey1805

4 жыл бұрын

@Léa I. what?

@brdon2099

4 жыл бұрын

Léa I. What?

@MoonOffSpringC

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougthedonkey1805 I'm from Reunion Island, one of the islands where dodos used to live

@dougthedonkey1805

4 жыл бұрын

@Léa I. Ohh, I see. That’s really cool!

"is it a form of primitive pornography?" knowing humanity: yes 100% no doubt in my mind yes

@thesteadfastduelist6258

4 жыл бұрын

I want to like your comment but it’s at 420

@mk_rexx

4 жыл бұрын

The Steadfast Duelist I can't like the comment so I'll just comment instead

@nintenx1235

4 жыл бұрын

The Steadfast Duelist I just took a screenshot so feel free to like

@michaelhodgson8272

4 жыл бұрын

Food porn?

@billyguyjoe1858

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhodgson8272 what dude its a rock

Something I find fascinating about this is that, humans have always been the same. With a few upgrades to technology and education. We still love telling stories and sharing our wisdom, we are naturally curious and paint or write just for the joy of doing it. Idk it's just amazing

@lordvenusianbroon

4 жыл бұрын

For an alternative explanation of why these cave paintings were made, that has nothing to do with sharing wisdom, being naturally curious or just painting for the joy of doing it, but to do with cosmology, power dynamics in society and what I'd tentativily call the start of religion (okay, probably better to go with spirituality!) then I would really recommend you look up the book 'The Mind in the Cave' by David Lewis-Williams. (And I'd highly recommend the follow up by him and another author, 'The Neolithic Mind', that takes the thesis further.) Essentially he argues that homo sapiens' consciousness allows us to experience what appears to be other 'worlds' (i.e. cosmology), whether through ingesting hallucigens, pracitising sensory deprivation (say like sitting in a dark cave by yourself for days!), dancing to exhaustion, not eating for days, or just plain dreaming... etc. And that 'shaman' profficient at obtaining these visions were the ones that went deep underground to 'fix' what they saw onto the walls with these paintings. Caves being paths into the underworld, were very different from the world of the surface, and may have been liminal places for these shaman. The 'membranes' between worlds could have been seen as being very thin there. Why did they do this? Because the visions they had and what they brought back from these other 'realms' was likely to be feared/valued by others, (valued in that shamen may have made pronouncements on prey species that our hunter-gather ancestors relied on, say). This suggests that human society was stratified, and these shamen were both helping communities but also solidifying their importance to all by practicing their vision-quests. Of course, really, it's impossible to know why some of our ancestors went into the dark to paint these pictures, but Lewis-Williams has a very compelling thesis IMHO. He backs it up with a number of cases looking at modern hunter gather societies and does caution to be careful with his thesis. Anyway, it might sound a bit new-age and woo-woo, but honestly it's not - I'm a theoretical physicist by training and rely on logic and rational thinking all the time - this was very neatly argued. Thoroughly recommend reading if you are interested.

@st4r444

4 жыл бұрын

@@S.L.O.P. your right for most part but humans are not the only. Most animals push their young out early. Some animals with no heirarchy or fighting just add on to the group and feed and eat together

@senthenerd5332

4 жыл бұрын

And the vast majority have always liked porn

@lucym1383

4 жыл бұрын

@@senthenerd5332 genius

@radarlovedr

3 жыл бұрын

Humans are also the only animals that cook food.

honestly cave paintings always give me this one feeling, like a mix of the feeling you get when you go hiking alone and find a still smoking campfire, and arriving to a store just after they closed? Like having an eerie trace of someone just having been there but also feeling kinda upset for being too late...? idk its cool tho

@justint.6618

6 жыл бұрын

lovesick yeah it's an amazing feeling

@13gondolla37

5 жыл бұрын

Would you call it a liminal feeling? I know that word can describe spaces which feel surreal when they aren't full of activity. Does entering a space that feels like it had people, but that mysteriously doesn't, count?

@deathbyseatoast8854

5 жыл бұрын

Justin T. Oh my god its yo- Oh wait. Your not ‘it’

@jonathanwilson9454

5 жыл бұрын

*T H I C C*

@anonymousbosch9265

5 жыл бұрын

In quetico provincial park I left my fishing group to go see the Paleolithic art on rocks around the Wilderness area by myself and it’s exactly like you say about the connected feelings you get

A window into a world that is so long ago yet feels weirdly close.

@cristiamjulianayalapena3190

5 жыл бұрын

We are a very young species.

@smawllboii9030

4 жыл бұрын

@@cristiamjulianayalapena3190 Shut up Pee pee head.

@Aconitum_napellus

4 жыл бұрын

We are also, neurologically, very similar to those people. Indeed, it is likely that many examples of rock art were produced under the influence of hallucinogens and other entopic phenomena and we can see evidence of this in contemporary descriptions of hallucinations experienced while under the influence of said substances and other conditions such as migraines.

@seeingimages

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't strange to think that, in physiological traits, we today might be essentially identical to the people who made those drawings (except that we probably have much more immune complexity and much greater tolerance for carbohydrates and sugars)?

@runs_through_the_forest

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aconitum_napellus no no no ehh its getting to much, the need i feel when reading this.. its plasma, read Anthony Peratt's papers or look for video here.. i love tripping every now and then but realizing its worldwide the same toroidal shaped plasma pinches is as important now.

Fun fact, there are accurate descriptions of megafauna in the oral histories of the Aboriginal peoples. They have kept accurate records verbally for tens of thousands of years.

@muccycloud

4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Do you have any links to more info on this?

@sashaman121

3 жыл бұрын

the problem with verbal records is the broken telephone effect begins to alter the original message. they should have evolved some kind of communication that can go unaltered for long periods of time, resulting in the hocus pocus beliefs they have have of creatures that did not exist.

@aj7887

3 жыл бұрын

@@sashaman121 except there are many examples of indigenous cultures having accurate historical oral traditions all over the world. I also think it's ahistorical to insinuate that written stories are never changed or altered over time.

@ka-boom2083

3 жыл бұрын

That seems like a stretch... it’s impossible to keep correct verbal records for many generation. Ever heard of the telephone game?

@averynelson1186

3 жыл бұрын

@@ka-boom2083 You're mistaking oral tradition for regular conversation. In cultures where there's little or no written communication, oral history is taken very seriously. Stories are passed down word for word, memorized. It's not a casual or careless practice. It's exacting, it's precise. It's sacred.

"the lion headed man is the first human animal hybrids in cave art, and certainly not the last" Is this the original fursona?

@adastial2104

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god no

@Mythical_Paws

3 жыл бұрын

@@adastial2104 oh God yes

@CrimesForDimes

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god what the hell were they thinking

@ScarletStudios001

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrimesForDimes Must've eaten some prehistoric shrooms.

@CrimesForDimes

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScarletStudios001 Yeah makes sense.

No humans, but tonnes of cows. Clearly the cows painted the caves.

@cristianbanuta8467

5 жыл бұрын

Or cats and that explains why they are sacred .

@ridanann

5 жыл бұрын

@@cristianbanuta8467 sshhh dont blow are secret lol

@Mr.56Goldtop

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe cows from an ancient Chick-fil-A.

@primigeniumlibroespana507

5 жыл бұрын

Cristian Banuta THE OWLS AND THE BASKING SHARKS DID IT

@PanglossDr

5 жыл бұрын

Moo

"Depictions of the lower halves of women, specifically centered on the private area, are exceptionally common, and are very *very widely spread."* You don't say.

@markuskuhn9006

4 жыл бұрын

I have a theory that if something is smart enough to create coordinated art it will create porn

@ineffablemars

3 жыл бұрын

not porn. made by women to depict pregnancy.

Its crazy that some people think they can never learn how to draw when early humans could do it and it was actually pretty well done art

@alchemists4443

4 жыл бұрын

Yah man, draw something like that and sell it as a abstract painting, bet people would pay for it

@natrone23

4 жыл бұрын

Certain prehistoric humans had the talent to draw, just like today only certain people have that talent.

@spartan1010101

4 жыл бұрын

natrone23 lol wtf ask anyone that draws; all of us have been working our asses off to do it. Sure some of us start off a little better but its 100% about the time we put into it

@stevegable2707

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine it is the same now, some can draw and some can not ! However, with no TV or radio etc it gives people more time to draw or perform some other arts.

@natrone23

4 жыл бұрын

spartan1010101 I never said people with artistic talent don’t work at getting better. You don’t understand because you have that talent. You don’t know what it’s like for people who don’t have that anate ability it doesn’t matter how much they practice the best they can ever be is mediocre if that, It’s all genetics.

There was a cave Then there was an adult cave "you must be over 18 too enter"

@slappy8941

4 жыл бұрын

You must be over 18 also enter?

@MrScorpianwarrior

4 жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 No, clearly he means "You must be over 18 too, Enter!" The kid named Enter tried to sneak in and got caught.

@bioemiliano

3 жыл бұрын

@SubversiveMemes Did you seriously not get the joke?

@JDKDKDLDKDKDKDKKKDERYY

3 жыл бұрын

@@bioemiliano you can get a joke and still spit facts.

@dv9239

3 жыл бұрын

More like 9

"Rarely will they draw humans" Because what's more fun to draw, people or animals.

@arieson7715

4 жыл бұрын

Depends

@loganb7059

4 жыл бұрын

Nazareth Furries: “Why not both?”

@boyinblue.

4 жыл бұрын

Both honestly

@tobysona

4 жыл бұрын

i can just go outside and see a person, but a mammoth? wooooh boy

@mk_rexx

4 жыл бұрын

13:51 Dickbutt. Dickbutt is more fun to draw

The reason these people probably didn’t paint humans is because humans are really hard to draw

@danaphanous

5 жыл бұрын

humans often are depicted in other caves or areas, but they are usually simplified (stick-figure like). Humans aren't any more difficult to draw then other animals. However, we are more attuned to details in human bodies, particularly the face for social necessity. My theory is cave artists probably tried, hated their results for not being accurate, and didn't do it often.

@fadillangston9797

5 жыл бұрын

There may have also been religious reasons as well.

@artisallthat

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Animals stay mostly the same, people's facial features vary. Faking an animal is easier than faking a human. Who knows, maybe the artist just liked animals better in this cave.

@davidjacobs8558

5 жыл бұрын

that was Hitler's problem.

@sb-ant6457

5 жыл бұрын

Especially the fingers!

It tells us how Manny's family died :(

@EvilSnips

4 жыл бұрын

I love how your pfp is Sid as well.

@Abominatrix650

3 жыл бұрын

That was the most heartbreaking scene in the entire franchise

@Skrkro

3 жыл бұрын

fuck that kid

@tk-4815

3 жыл бұрын

@@Abominatrix650 :'[

@burnt_0range319

3 жыл бұрын

:’(

Maybe the cave art was used to teach the young children to recognise the animals in the wild outside. Like a school.

@Gray-Wolf

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good theory

@horror_boi1382

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe to share different experiences of different tribe members, like a collage

@diosmiomango

Жыл бұрын

Sure, but that can't be the only reason. Think smarter, not harder. The cave paintings were probably created for the same reasons why paintings were created throughout the rest of history. Admiration, documentation and education.

@masterpython

Жыл бұрын

​@@diosmiomango People have been drawing on the walls for thousand of years before we built wall. It is instinctive.

@dingusdingus2152

11 ай бұрын

The cave images (some of them are painted, others are charcoal drawings, still others are either bas reliefs or engraved (scratched with a stylus) into the surface of the stone, are palimpsests, emblems or logos of the mascots of prehistoric sports teams. You know, like the bears, the colts, the lions etc. They were put there to record the winners and losers of championship tournaments, by the teams official statisticians. There is no other logical explanation for them.

It's kinda sad and humbling seeing the art. A tiny window to a world that once was. Thanks for sharing this with us Trey

@MrPablosek

6 жыл бұрын

Orlando Ford It's also sad thinking my drawings are way worse than these

@TREYtheExplainer

6 жыл бұрын

No problem ;) I'm happy you enjoyed it!

@parkchimmin7913

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck Logic Practice makes perfect

@melonboi927

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Pablosek if it makes you feel better they need it to do accurate depictions

@barneystinson6331

6 жыл бұрын

Рытвин 何なのかКрыл な働き please don't say God..

Personally, I think the most fascinating image is that last image outlining a human hand. If that is truly thousands or tens of thousands of years old, than isn't it amazing that we still do the same thing today? Children playing or in school paint their hands and create a hand print, a way to say "this hand print is mine, I was here", and in a way it's a relate-able message from a person whose lifestyle might not have been like ours, but who thought, felt, and imagined just like any other human. There's something incredible in that, that thousands of years ago another human sat in a cave, and wanted to say "I was here". It's a message that we shouldn't ever lose. When I saw the image, I turned and put my hand up to the wall, and tried to make the same shape, and that's something just about everyone can do. It's simply amazing.

@AnnaMarianne

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the hand touched me too. (Oh damn, the pun wasn't intended.)

@ineffablemars

6 жыл бұрын

I did that too. I also tried to see if they were male or female hands.. some seem smaller like those of children.

@MSA

6 жыл бұрын

Watch the Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Is a beautiful documentary about Chauvet Cave in France. The most beautiful thing about that HAND is that can tell us many things about the person behind it, for example the height: the hand is located very high in the caves wall So It was probably a man 1.8 meters high. Also hes got a finger broken (if i remember correctly It was the pinky) so now is not just a painting made thousands of years ago... Its the ID of a person that dreamt, thought, and draw as we do but in a far more dangerous world, shaping our culture so we can be now what we are... Isnt It hauntingly beautiful?

@WillCrawford0

5 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaMarianne Can you show me on this doll where the hand touched you?

@Raiin-mf2ku

2 жыл бұрын

I like your EU4 Bhutan flag profile picture.

I have studied a small amount of pre-historic art in college, and here's what I know on why there were no humans in these paintings: (Keep in mind that these are all SPECULATIONS from scientists, I don't think we can possibly know the reason for sure, but well these people studied a lot to say this so they might be onto something lol) In the Palaeolithic, we were nomad hunter-gatherers. There was no such thing as an organised society with tribes and etc. Our existence was probably very in sync with nature and we probably placed a lot of value in stuff from it and felt like part of it, such as other peoples we have had contact with - natives from South America, Australia, etc. (I'm not saying they're primitive when I compare them to pre-historic humans, I'm just mentioning the better connection to nature as an example. They're not primitive, just different.) What I learned to abandon right away when studying this was the notion that this art was a creative effort done for fun, or just for the sake of art, or to decorate the caves. Scientists consider this very unlikely since these humans didn't actually live in the caves and they were dark. They were, at most, poorly lit by fire. So there's a huge chance these paintings had a purpose, specially considering these humans were tightly connected to nature. A hypothesis often known is that they drew the animals because they thought it would, in a magical way, attract them so they could hunt them and eat them. I learned this is no longer widely believed since research found that the animals that were depicted were not the ones humans were eating. And, for me, it's not hard to imagine that. Primitive humans were probably smart enough not to try to take down lions or giant rhinos. It is believed that they were trying to evoke the strength and abilities of those animals they probably admired. Desiring this makes a lot of sense if you're living as a hunter in the middle of the forest surrounded by dangers. There is maybe evidence of this wish to absorb the qualities of the animals in those famous hand prints in caves. Humans often placed their hands on top of paintings of animals. This could also explain why they strived for realism when painting these animals. You might think they're not that good, but remember there was no technical artistic knowledge back then and no pictures, so they had to look at these animals from afar (considering many of them were dangerous) and draw them from memory alone, so the paintings are pretty damn good if you think about it. Later (in the Neolithic, I think) we were not nomads hunter-gatherers anymore, we lived in tribes and even began farming, so all of this stuff stopped making sense. That's when you start seeing paintings depicting human life and they didn't need the realism I mentioned anymore (that's why we get those stick figures). If you study this stuff more deeply and I said something wrong please let me know. I love learning about this!

@riva2003

4 жыл бұрын

Very well said. But one thing is that 'stick figures' are not nessarily more recent than the realistic ones, some are even much older. For instance, those in Australlian are around 50K years old. It really comes down to the different 'ancient artists' to dertermin the style.

@TheBebuchis

4 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating

@paleomountainman9824

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the ancient art from Paleo Mountain Vermont. Ice age portraits of people and animals were made from the local quartz. Very realistic.

@tylerdurden3722

4 жыл бұрын

How does the vast, widespread depictions of female lower parts fit into this hypothesis?🤔😅

@InsideTBox

4 жыл бұрын

Bossio estaria orgullosa

Literally any majestic animal: exists Humans: *So you have chosen death*

@daylightbright7675

4 жыл бұрын

It breaks my heart to think of all the amazing creatures that are going to be extinct in the next centuries. Animals like Polar Bears and I imagine most African megafauna including all big cats, Elephants, Rihnos, Giraffes. Most Great Apes from Orangutans, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas. I doubt any of them are going to survive our onslaught and outright slaughter. A genuine tragedy if there ever was one. We are truly the most disgusting and destructive creatures to ever live.

@bananahitler306

3 жыл бұрын

@@daylightbright7675 this is the sixth extinction but after this new creatures will rule the world, Maine it’s finally time for birds to rule for the first time lol

@spacetacos7574

3 жыл бұрын

Humanity loves doing this I have a theory that humans have established international all powerful advanced species and that future species will follow our path

@BrazilianImperialist

3 жыл бұрын

@@daylightbright7675 Tigers, some snails, a lot of fish species, big sharks, penguins, morses, whales, Trees, beautiful plants, all them will be gone, we included

@BrazilianImperialist

3 жыл бұрын

@@bananahitler306 I hope it happens as soon as possible, maybe the next gen won't create religion, 90% solved

Those different colored areas on the mammoth and rhino could easily be "this is where you want to hit it with your spear"

@TREYtheExplainer

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they might be prehistoric stop signs, simply symbolic representations telling people what to do

@1Ring42

6 жыл бұрын

TREY the Explainer especially when you consider the lack of a depiction of human figures in these paintings. Personally I think the most likely explanation for a purpose is educational. Visual aids to help teach children about the outside world.

@Fuckethead

6 жыл бұрын

The very first strategy guide !

@1Ring42

6 жыл бұрын

FKTHD who knew the glowing red target trope would be one of the oldest tropes known

@markcobuzzi826

6 жыл бұрын

+Evan Alexander “Woolly Rhinos have video game weak points” +1 Sin Counter

Sometimes I think about what it would be like to go back to that time. The time of glaciers and migrations and hunter-gatherers. To see young mountains and forests. Unpoluted. Completely wild. The funny thing I've come to realize, and I think most of you will agree, is that when we think of that time... it feels less like wishful thinking and more like reminiscing. Like a distant memory we can only somewhat recall.

@bforman1300

5 жыл бұрын

If you haven't read 'Atlas of a Lost World' I highly recommend it.

@xxnekonekox

5 жыл бұрын

Lord Gimpsbury Its all fun and games until you get a minor cut and die of sepsis at age 16

@fakelaw8123

5 жыл бұрын

right cuz reincarnation probably exists

@Sunkem1Not6Hacks

5 жыл бұрын

Some human way in the future would say that.So you need to make a mark,small or big as long it is a mark.Maybe a picture of your dog,of your house,of your nature.Anything will help them see what we saw.

@Sealed_Chamber

5 жыл бұрын

I do often wonder about the reminiscent feeling that such things seem to evoke...

You know, i've been fascinated by this animals all my life, but now when i'm older i feel just sad that these wonderful creatures have gone extinct.

@slappy8941

4 жыл бұрын

"This animal" or "these animals". It's not rocket science.

@CrimesForDimes

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. An animal thats unique and different then there cousins and yet they have been lost in time we might not know how they behave and we will truly never experience the majesty of those animals

@GeistInTheMachine

3 жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 Not everyone is an English native, so sometimes the benefit of the doubt is warranted. Typos are also a thing. It's not rocket science.

@alannahood4107

3 жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 way to be rude for no reason

the image of someone's hand printed on the work is probably my favorite art in this video. just looks so personal, like tagging the cave walls "I was here"

hey trey. i'm a bonafide aboriginal. i thought i'd give you some more info and context of the rock art you used. first, megalania: it's not true they were never depicted. they absolutely were. megalania, and in other places quinkana, are referred to as burrunjor in most places (or a close variant of that). megalania is a huge part of the Dreaming of the nations of the Australian interior (and quinkana in the more southern parts of the region, but crocodilian interpretations of the story are rarer than megalania). thylaceleo. while you're right, that particular image was probably thylacine and not thylaceleo, however it is known through our stories that we had extended contact with these animals. thylaceleo is also known as the kadimakara and variants. according to the stories, kadimakara were arboreal predators who ambushed from above, long ago in the time of the great forests. when the climate changed and the continental interior began to dry out, the kadimakara were forced down from their trees to live on the ground, and made watering holes more dangerous. eventually, they all died out because of this. this is exactly what happened to thylaceleo. diprodon. this is one you might know of --- the much feared bunyip, who gave us our cultural wariness of watering holes and the cultural practices around water sources. apparently, they were quite fierce when provoked, not unlike a hippo, and more than capable of killing people. there are numerous stories and depictions, but the most commonly accepted root of these stories is that diprodon is, indeed, the bunyip. geyornis, known here as mihirung. they were depicted many times in art as you said, and had a similar cultural significance to emus --- which is to say, a lot. we ate them, wore them, used their fat to cook with and preserve foods, and ate and collected their eggs as items of value. one you did not depict here: yurlunggur, otherwise known as Liasis dubudingala or the bluff downs python, a close relative of the olive python that grew to 10m in length. you can find yurlunggur in almost every place you go here, although perhaps by the english name, the rainbow serpent. the appearance of yurlunggur signals the imminence of rain, which elevated him to the status of creation spirit. like many pythons, they were very comfortable in and around watering holes, which would have been frequented by my ancestors and brought them into close contact with this massive snake. while in many other parts of the world, snakes have the connotation of evil, bad omens and demons, snakes are widely revered here and treated with the utmost respect ------ and we eat them, too. it's not unlike an oilier white fish. the unfortunate fact of getting things right with academic knowledge on our cultural artefacts is that, very rarely, are the people actually asked what is depicted in art their ancestors made 60 000 years ago, despite the fact it's widely known that our method of story preservation is the most systematically effective method of cultural preservation in the world. when we are consulted, our input is usually ignored, or at best a footnote. we aren't considered experts in our own history. i mean, it was only a few years ago that academics realised boomerangs are hunting weapons, despite the fact there be people out there still using them to hunt. that's how bad it is. i'd be more than happy to give you any more information i have or can find on our amazing fauna, both extinct and extant. i am wiradjuri, but i'm also an evolutionary biologist, so it's my two great loves come together. there's no end to the fascinating stories past down through millennia about animals that western science has only just discovered. i have one rule though, and it's that you dont make me look at short faced kangaroos. they make me angry at god.

@myxini

5 жыл бұрын

Rare to see such intelligent and actually productive comments on youtube!

@hannyhawkins7804

5 жыл бұрын

Commander Maxil, thank you for taking the trouble to write such a rich and interesting post. I’d love to read more of what your know. Do you have any papers online?

@eduardofreitas8336

5 жыл бұрын

What is the problem with short faced kangaroos? xD

@kitty-pm2md

5 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Freitas they’re just fuckin ugly

@thehside

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your valuable input and passionate work!

*"WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK"* I Almost Pissed Myself! *THE FIRST FRICKING MEME IN HISTORY!*

@potatoking6324

6 жыл бұрын

it's Dick Butt

@JadenTapscott

6 жыл бұрын

+Griffin Shepherd 13:52 for Dick Butt.

@thenewyoutuber4798

6 жыл бұрын

Nigrum Quercu At what point did happen

@andreyleonel255

6 жыл бұрын

This Ancient Painting Is The Mark *WHEN HUMAN STARTED FAILING!*

@guguyao

6 жыл бұрын

technically, all the drawing are memes, according to the real definition of "meme"

Australian cave art is like a fever dream, in the best way possible, they have a lot of human portraits but they’re bizarre looking, I love it.

I visited Rouffignac Cave last year and it is truly impressive, not least coz the cave art is so far under ground and the cave system itself is a massive labyrinth of huge natural tunnels and shafts in multiple-levels. Anyway, one of the mammoth drawings shows a female and calf from the rear (ie, walking away from the artist) apparently this is totally unique in the world. The guide pointed out that the adult female has a triangular flap of skin that hangs down under her tail covering her genitals. Modern elephants dont have this. As the guide explains (in French, so I didnt get all the details) apparently the recent discovery of a frozen female mammoth in Siberian, did indeed have a triangular flap exactly as shown in the drawing. Probably an adaptation to cold weather, protecting delicate tissues etc. So now we know that that artist drew it exactly as he saw it in life. I found it pretty amazing.

I don't know why but that image of the hand printed at the stone wall always give me chills. I feel like a anonymous human from ages ago was putting his hand on one side of the window waiting for someone to reach him.

@QuantumRift

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the plot for a sci-fi movie....

"...and their names forgotten..." So completely forgotten that it is rarely commented upon that they undoubtedly did have names. Oog? Garag? Lug? Festofidopolus? Who knows?

@ivechang6720

5 жыл бұрын

My guess? Keeps-out-of-trouble- painting-in-the-cave! : }

@iseeyouineverystar

4 жыл бұрын

yeah john

@noahway13

4 жыл бұрын

The art wasn't signed?

@planescaped

3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo

@Tiger89Lilly

2 жыл бұрын

Dave Greg Barbara???

The drawings of the animals took my breath away, the linework, the shading....the proportions and the likeness. You don't see drawings that look like these before seeing sketches of modern artists

@qwertydavid8070

9 ай бұрын

The fact the neolethic cavemen are able to draw better than me, even with all the modern technology and tutorials I have at my disposal, makes me want to rip my hairs out.

@barrelrolldog

5 ай бұрын

They really are skillfully drawn. Far from stickmen. It quite surprised me.

It's kind of interesting how detailed some of the animal sketches get in contrast to the stick figures used to represent humans. I wonder if we tried painting humans, discovered the uncanny valley by drawing a human that was slightly off and just decided it was too unsettling to reproduce and stuck with stick figures.

@NotSoSerious69420

Жыл бұрын

I always kinda just imagined it’s because who wants to paint something they see every day? Or fairly often at the least. (Other people not themselves I’d imagine) it was probably just more interesting to paint something they rarely ever see or to preserve for they thought they were seeing something less and less. Or as a way to teach their kids what animals are safe and which aren’t and what they look like (safe being relative).

Wow, can you imagine what that was like for those spelunkers discovering the Chauvet paintings? What an experience that must've been.

@thehypest6118

5 жыл бұрын

"dude, come look at this"

@Tyrantlizardking105

5 жыл бұрын

I would have actually erupted into tears

@eppoif1

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tyrantlizardking105 same honestly. You're just in some cave and all of a sudden realize you weren't the first one in there by a long shot.

@sixchiensblancs

5 жыл бұрын

@@thehypest6118 More like "Vite!!! Venez voir!!! Incroyable! Oh mon dieu, nous avons decouver un trésor!!!!!!!!!!!!"

@Mrbfgray

5 жыл бұрын

@@sixchiensblancs I'm not arguing with you but it's curious how these things go. In it's early usage 'retarded' was a euphemism too (50 plus yr.s ago?), it evolved over time into an insult. I imagine currently acceptable terms will be demoted to slurs too, it's all about usage, if we use it as an insult than that's what it becomes. Challenged, special, etc., they all morph.

My favourite one is the handprint. I want to place my hand there like a way to connect with someone so different than us but at the same time so similar

@elfodelputoinfierno

4 жыл бұрын

What I say: we shouldn't even be near those paintings. Even our breathing is enough to tear them apar- What my three braincels jumping up and down hear: NEED TO RUB THE COLORFUL STONE

Cavemen knowing how to draw shows that their intelligence was never lower than ours

@tylerdurden3722

4 жыл бұрын

Google, elephants drawing.

@petterhouting7484

3 жыл бұрын

Bruhhhhh nigga average intellegince is higher now then it was 10 years ago, there are studies done on this shit

@ragnarjappinen6716

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf, how does that prove anything?

@RazanIsMe

3 жыл бұрын

@@ragnarjappinen6716 you know any other creature that draws besides humans and wasn't taught by humans???

@RazanIsMe

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerdurden3722 the elephant was taught by humans, who taught the cavemen???

I actually heard an interesting theory (I can't for the life of me remember where, unfortunately) that the Venuses were actually made as self portraits of women as they were looking down at their own bodies. This would account for the disproportionate sizes of breasts, hips, and feet and the common lack of a head or at least a very small one with little attention to detail. I believe it was said that if one were to look at a Venus from the top, they became more accurate in size as the body was foreshortened. I'll see if I can find a link to that page.

@marsh6714

Жыл бұрын

reminds me of a tumblr post how someone drew a self portrait in that perspective. it was also mistaken as a pro-body dysmorphia post, because the exaggerated proportions "triggered" some people who have eating disorders. this information is just locked within the deepest cellers of my brain, so-

I pull up an article about stone age animals and biodiversity and I get notified of this before I even read a word. Impeccably timed

@joeyno137

6 жыл бұрын

Mage of Pisces google listening to you

For me seeing all this artwork is breathtaking. It's could sit alongside any of the Renaissance masters and I would enjoy it all the same. Great video.

@TREYtheExplainer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I feel the same way, its kind of amazing high skilled some of these stone age artists where considering their materials

@parkchimmin7913

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Bennett I mean, in terms of detail, yeah you can’t really compare them. But cut our ancestors some slack! They didn’t have fancy paint brushes and tools like Leonardo Da Vinci or Michelangelo!

@JimGiant

6 жыл бұрын

Some of it I would compare to the likes of Monet, some of it I'd compare with a 5 year old's finger paintings.

@parkchimmin7913

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Bennett They barely had proper tools. Imagine having to carve with a (possible) makeshift chisel and hammer made of stone. Use some sort of plant for paint. It wouldn’t be as sharp and I doubt they had paintbrushes in the Neolithic era. Plus, they were hunters and gatherers, they mostly focused on surviving or doing rituals. The Renaissance era was all about art and invention, basically Europe becoming “reborn” after the Black Plague.

@parkchimmin7913

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Bennett Well that was a pretty stupid comment. I'm guess you're just a troll. I shall not feed the troll sO-LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA- Spider-Man, Gamora, and Loke "die" or disintegrate in Infinity War.

Archaeologists: *Doesn't know what the object is for. Also Archaeologists: *iT MuSt Be CerEmonial!*

I’m an artist who has made and sold animal art for 30 years. I have often felt it’s a process of tapping in to the actual animal, possessing some of it’s spirit. I got good at drawing at a young age because I was horse crazy and drew endless pictures of horses. What I wanted most in life was a horse, and drawing them was a way to imagine myself with one. It wouldn’t surprise me if something similar was happening for ancient artists. The capturing of their spirit, admiration for their power and prowess , and needing them for food.

0:53 Actually, anthropologists have studied cultures that are still effectively living in the stone age and asked them why they made these kinds of artpieces. The answer, or so I'm told, essentially boiled down to "because I felt like it".

@WyrmrestAccord

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sometimes we modern humans do not realize the tremendous amount of spare time those people had in the past. Like, they hunted, then slept, and then what? They got to do something to kill time right?

@cuhurun

5 жыл бұрын

martijn : maybe you've come across the recently realised information contained in the youtube video I've linked below... it's amazing ! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmx1zaadmpm6dbg.html

@summerbrooks9922

5 жыл бұрын

@martijn van weele As an art history prof, we realized that many of the animals with horns had a twisted appearance. In other words were not spitted in profile. This twisted perspective got related to shamanism. So, the horns were twisted towards the artist, who was relating to the spirit of his magical animal. Walking menus they were not. There is an association with magic present.

@xcidgaf

5 жыл бұрын

@Riley Cooper LOL in you're dumb, feminist dreams. You actually need to have an imagination and sense of nature to create art. Something clearly lacking in women.

@Burn_Angel

5 жыл бұрын

Fair enough, when I get bored, I make a lot of shit that other people find kind of interesting too.

Its always mystified me why humans didn't draw themselves. They clearly had the talent, given how detailed the animal drawings are. Perhaps the animals were migratory and they painted them to remember what they look like or teach young humans who'd never seen them before how to recognize them, and they just didn't feel the need to draw themselves because they saw each other everyday? Still you'd think they'd make art of loved ones who passed away given how common ancestor worship seems to be.

@RebeckadV

5 жыл бұрын

Drawing animals and drawing humans are two vastly different skills.

@atol671

5 жыл бұрын

They did it was a stick man lol

@kitty-pm2md

5 жыл бұрын

we did. all the time. go to any Aboriginal art site (or preferably, actually, don't, just look up pictures) and you will see thousands of depictions of people, including dancers and spiritual healers. the paintings that are often said to depict 'aliens' by, uhhh white people who dont think brown people are capable of stuff i guess, are not aliens. they're dancers painted in white clay.

@america6545

5 жыл бұрын

If they drew animals to hunt them it's possible they didn't drew humans so they would not be considered prey.

@thecourtjester2610

5 жыл бұрын

Or possibly because animals are easy to draw.

We went from thicc to a deep contemplation of the power of ancient art. This is such a great channel.

that ending was really good. It's crazy how these caves remained undiscovered for millennia. I wonder who the last person to see it was (before its discovery in the 90s).

Prehistoric art is amazing.

@davidbrener2538

6 жыл бұрын

Maggie E better than anything i can draw. X)

@theghosthero6173

6 жыл бұрын

I literally saw everyone French on from the video in real like, it's so cool

@predatorrose641

6 жыл бұрын

David Brener I know right

@darchandarchan7036

6 жыл бұрын

Not as good as primitive cave pornography

@MonkeyManDawg

6 жыл бұрын

Maggie E it’s not amazing it’s decent!

It's beautiful and awe inspiring to see the art of our ancestors.

@nazihanii

4 жыл бұрын

@Tesla-Effect hahahahha

Could you do a video about the oral and drawn histories of the aboriginal peoples of Australia? Apparently they've continued histories for tens of thousands of years. That's incredible to me, and I am craving a historical explanation by you. Thanks for the great videos.

I’ve always wondered if some of our ancient/medieval ancestors ever stumbled into Neolithic caves and found the drawings. I’d be very interested to see what they’d make of a seemingly unremarkable cave being covered in clear drawings of animals and occasionally people.

can't believe humans invented art and then invented furry art directly after while they were at it

@Tyrantlizardking105

5 жыл бұрын

I hate this comment

@lablabs2613

5 жыл бұрын

tuzikopalo i love this comment

@vbgvbg1133

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck

@Aldoz

5 жыл бұрын

And porn

@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa

5 жыл бұрын

Having an overly OP character as your profile pic? Ha! *p l e b*

Also, something worth noting is that some of these animal drawings are said to be the first instances of illustrated animation, as the repeating limbs or shifting heads could be seen as an illusion for movement.

@lowqualityshitposts8860

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe its a failed attempt at drawing it before?

@josef2012

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the flickering flames inside caves helped the ilusion

Also... where are all the rough drafts and practice drawings. Those sketches look millions times better than my best attempts to draw a horse.

@wset-13archive27

3 жыл бұрын

They also look better than drawings of animals from even the Middle Ages. It seems as if the artistic skills in the Middle Ages were somehow worse than they were thousands of years before. Then again, it was the Dark Ages.

@lasuava9342

3 жыл бұрын

@@wset-13archive27 it was only the dark ages for Europe 🤣🤣

"Apollo 11 Animal Figurine" 10:33 Let the conspiracies commence.

@comedyreliefguy5112

3 жыл бұрын

Here we go

@christophersnedeker2065

3 жыл бұрын

Apollo is the name of the cave and 11 relates to a layer of the cave.

When a caveman is better at drawing than you

@gendoikari7195

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@presleybaldwin3756

5 жыл бұрын

Your comment is awesome.

@therealzilch

5 жыл бұрын

Cavemen didn't have KZread or Facebook, so they did something.

@setaentertainment4311

5 жыл бұрын

@@therealzilch They had owls.

@luddity

5 жыл бұрын

They had time on their hands to practice the arts

I can't believe that those paintings are made this well. The characteristics of tigers are so detailed that they were probably painted with a help of an animal corpse beside. We can only imagine

The little songs you sing at the end are so sweet. They give a unique atmosphere to your videos that I find hard to describe actually.

The thing that's remarkable about the Chauvet paintings is the artist is top notch. Whoever drew them is better than most artists today.

Trey said THICC, my life is COMPLETE.

The European fauna during the Ice Age is one of my most favorite part in prehistory. And then, so incredibly lucky we are, to have actual eye-witness account of these animals by prehistoric humans! It tells us so much about the animals, the humans and the psychology of art the extent they went to to depict these animals realistically. There was some part in the movie "Ice Age" where the mammoth looks at cave paintings and we get his past explained to us through them, and while the movie is not exactly a citizen kaine or even fairly good by kids-movie standards, that part gave me the chills just because the art style of these early humans is so poignant.

the ending of this video is-in an understatement-pure poetry. this was beautiful. thank you for having this channel and making this information accessible!

10:38 Furries are older than I thought

@illiadmcswain3956

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@RC.-

3 жыл бұрын

There’s also the ancient Egyptian deities

@lisarochwarg4707

3 жыл бұрын

The weirdness runs deep.

Wow those cave paintings are actually good. I honestly, can't paint them, I can't even draw mammoths. Those cave paintings had the creases of the skin of the mammoth painted, how detailed. I wonder if there were people like me then, who tried to paint the walls but couldn't do it well so they just painted their hand prints.

@cuhurun

5 жыл бұрын

Leo : Yes, they're amazing. It's interesting to note that, having visited two of the most famous and lavishly painted prehistoric caves the renowned artist, Picasso commented - “We have invented nothing new”, after seeing the cave paintings at Lascaux France. “After Altamira, all is decadence”, when he exited the infamous caves in his native Spain. On both counts I personally agree with him.

@sixchiensblancs

5 жыл бұрын

They are more than "good"...

@Lousysalsero

5 жыл бұрын

No, no...

@justinspencer983

5 жыл бұрын

All done In a dark cave and it was not just hands but they were an important tools.

That statuette of the "cave lion headed person" looks more like a Short Faced Bear standing upright. They could run upright as well, and were a major enemy of Paleo people until they went extinct, probably from human interaction.

@davidkermes376

Жыл бұрын

i recently read an article in an archaeology magazine that made that same proposal. apparently the statue is in several pieces and it has been found it can be reassembled in more than one way.

I'm genuinely fascinated by this. The handprints and the beautiful art are so amazing and it gives me chills everytime.

Just came back to this video for the first time since you uploaded it. That last monologue gives such Sagan energy.

Did anyone else notice at 15:52 that one of the Cave Lions is depicted with cheetah-like face stripes? In fact all the Cave Lions appear to have stripes coming down from the inner corner of the eye down to the mouth, though that one is the one with the clearest depiction.

@HiTechKeema

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you see that pattern in lions today, perhaps to a lesser extent. i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/02/14/48D03C6400000578-5344273-The_lion_stares_deeply_into_the_camera_with_his_large_amber_eyes-a-9_1517581979121.jpg

@MSA

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome obsrvation

This long lost artwork is always interesting and the distant past is something that's worth studying

I am amazed at the accuracy of the cave art. I am in awe looking at these drawings, I can not even imagine trying to draw anything without looking crude by these standards. We modern humans look at the prehistoric ancestors as backward... yet I am left to wonder... really?

If folks have problems following the audio, try slowing it down to .75 speed. It helped me. This guy talks very fast. Loved the vid.

Hmmm... As a child (and even still today) I found humans as a pretty dull subject for my drawings and art. And I still do. Maybe this mindset was a bit more common back in the stone age? A lot of their life also revolved around these animals, and their existance was incredibly vital for us humans. Idk, just theorizing.

@thehypest6118

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's got a lot to do with the sense of self, I reckon back then we weren't as 'aware' of ourselves as we are now but were on our way to 'awareness' so we started to draw stuff like the animals

@WolfJulia2001

5 жыл бұрын

Me too all I wanted to draw was dogs. Never really cared for humans, I think it's mostly because its inherently difficult to capture our complexity of emotions and anatomy, because I was always in awe of beautiful drawings of humans but I never wanted to try it for myself

@yasmeen7875

5 жыл бұрын

Weird, my muses are humans. I draw realistic portraits of women, mostly dark skinned beautiful black women. But I draw men, women of all races. The differences of humans are intriguing to me.

@AdaManny555

5 жыл бұрын

@@thehypest6118 That's really interesting. I honestly don't know if I've heard that theory clearly expressed somewhere and I'm not saying that I belive it but maybe... Like a child with an egocentric perspective before he/she starts to realise that he/she has an objective existence like everyone else... (I only started to think of myself in truly self-reflective ways after a sort of epiphany when I was 13) If you're not reflecting on how you look yourself and only seeing everything around you as if it was a movie and the world existed "for you", then you maybe wouldn't focus too much on your own appearance as you wouldn't think of how others experienced you. But I don't know, I do think humans knew they were special already when they tamed fire... Still, a very interesting thought that you have, and it might be true

@ishrendon6435

2 жыл бұрын

@@yasmeen7875 humans are gross to draw lol other animals excluding us are more interesting. Other animals have fur and horns or larger teeth and wings and so on all we have is different skin and hair lol not much interesting stuff going on

While the thylacine died out on the mainland Australia before European invasion, they persisted on the island state Tasmania. Europeans hunted them to extinction and the last thylacine actually died in a Hobart zoo in the 1930s -- my grandmother saw it as a child. This is why they are called Tasmanian tigers.

@AdaManny555

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, does she remember what it sounded like? That sort of informaton is invaluable to thylacine researchers and I don't think there's that much information of it around

@FREEDOMFORUKRAINE2024

5 жыл бұрын

Tyhlacine is not 100% extinct. Probably a few animals of the species remain in the wild. I dont believe they are completely extinct.

@alabastardmasterson

5 жыл бұрын

@Kudmond nope. Trail cam caught one not too long ago. It was big news to the informed

hey man i've watched like five of your videos in a row and you always end them with "sorry for the wait" "sorry for taking so long" like don't worry!!!!!!!! you're bringing us high quality educational content for free and we don't have anything to complain about, every video of yours is totally worth the wait so please just chill about it :] you're doing an amazing job so thanks for it!!! and don't worry take all the time you need ok? just chill

You have to admit, cavemen were damn good artists and had intimate knowledge of their subjects. Their abilities never cease to amaze me.

@Gray-Wolf

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if they had a knowledge that has been lost to time

"the lower half of woman being painted are extremely widely spread".lolloololllol.🙃

@boyinblue.

4 жыл бұрын

reksub it’s for fertility, it’s likely that each family’s owned one.

@thatdarnskag5043

4 жыл бұрын

Alyssa Dillon That’s what I tell my girlfriend too.

@11Survivor

3 жыл бұрын

If we go with the good luck charm idea, wide hips were good for childbirth, so we can hypothesize that they existed as an attempt to increase a woman's survival through childbirth.

@timwilliams1238

3 жыл бұрын

Reksub. Having watched every episode of the Flintstones. I think you'll agree I have a wide range of knowledge regarding pre-human history..and if you want to know why ladies naughty bits were depicted....just look at Betty and Wilma (fwoor) eh'

@welcome2myhappyworld

2 жыл бұрын

@@boyinblue. quite a few art historians believe they were not for fertility, but were actually self portraits of women who carved them while looking down at their own bodies. The wild proportions account for perspective and the reason they don't normally have faces is because the sculptors were looking down.

Using "contemporary eyewitnesses" to describe the people of 8,000+ years ago gave me a chuckle. It's accurate, but still.

@TREYtheExplainer

6 жыл бұрын

It's always super weird to think about the fact these things were made by an actual real living breathing person

@echoecho3155

6 жыл бұрын

Like you said - it forms a connection. I always love researching about prehistoric humanity. It really sucks that it's, well, prehistoric, so there's so little we actually know about them, their lifestyles, the stories they told...

Please for the love of God, more artwork and prehistoric human videos!

I've visited Museum of Natural History in Vienna and the skeleton of an Irish Elk made me stand and stare at it for a few minutes. It was truly a giant animal with indeed ridiculously huge antlers, the true size of which one can fully comprehend only seeing it personally - and even then I could not settle my mind on the size of that animal. Literally an elk of Tranduil, but cooler.

I'm a simple man, I see Trey upload I watch.

Wouldn't it be funny if all these cave paintings were depicting the memes of their time. "Oh man did you see that lion painting. Hilarious. I'm definitely gonna draw that next cave I go in!" ~I'm still drawing Confused John Travolta but that cave lion was pretty funny.~

One can only imagine how good the eyesight of these people was, able to create such wonderful images in what must have been very dim light. Not to mention the fact that would have had very little equipment with which to produce them. Our distant ancestors were truly gifted people!

The first minute or so of Trey rambling really does such a good job of explaining what makes delving into history and the like so special

In the case of the Irish Elk, such huge antlers would probably weigh quite a bit, it would stand to reason that the large 'hump' on the animals shoulders would be the associated muscle that kept the animals head upright, so that is indeed very useful to a paleontologist. With the figurines of the female form, perhaps these were religious icons since the act of reproduction is not possible without women making them sacred to early people I surmise. However here is another thought, early educational tools by women for women. Teaching them about puberty, pregnancy and what it does to your body and possibly early midwifery. We're fond of making light of how primitive these people were but they had the same capacity to learn that anyone today does. How to assist another woman in the act of giving birth in an age without doctors or hospitals has probably been crucial to the survival of humans as a species and essential to pass on down the generations.

@WolfJulia2001

5 жыл бұрын

That's a very interesting thought!!

@xcidgaf

5 жыл бұрын

Usually, the simplest answer is the correct one. You're grasping straws.

@JowenbraMC

5 жыл бұрын

@@xcidgaf The simplest answer is that people were just like they are today, they just had less accumulative knowledge. It's far from unreasonable to guess that ancient humans would develop educational tools and instructions. What's simpler than people teaching other people? It's the basis of every culture... ever.

@xcidgaf

5 жыл бұрын

@@JowenbraMC No, what's simple is that people during those days were far more prone to superstition and ritual. If the figurines were for educational purposes, they would be far more graphic and detailed.

@queenofdirt9082

5 жыл бұрын

@@xcidgaf we don't have any proof that early humans were more superstitious than us today. Religion is still a huge part of most people's lives, and rituals are just an innate part of human life.

damn dude you are so good at telling these stories. your end about human history progressing while these caves just rested waiting for someone to find them is mesmerising.

Great video Thanks! The cave paintings are definitely one of my favorite art works.

Thank you I had a horrible day & I just needed to watch something relaxing & not strewn full of drama. I just realize its been almost 5 months since I have spent time with people in any real capacity because of quarantine & the isolation is finally getting to me.

Yuuussss! I've been waiting for this one!

@Killerwhale-kp2fm

6 жыл бұрын

I hope one day Trey shouts out your channel!

@TREYtheExplainer

6 жыл бұрын

thanks man! I hope you enjoy it ;)

@NaturesCompendium

6 жыл бұрын

I did :D Prolly cuz I've always had a thing for the Pleistocene, hence why Far Cry Primal was a bit of a let down. Not a bad game, and some of the animals looked quite good, but man there was so much missed opportunity (i.e lack of Horses, Atlatls, hyenas)

@beckytodd7210

6 жыл бұрын

TREY the Explainer I've seen cave paintings in Disney's Brother Bear which is my favorite Cave Paintings

@dirandrous7682

6 жыл бұрын

+TREY the Explainer please do a video about Ostafrikasaurus

The cave drawings of animals are stunning.

I feel so drawn to these ancient archaeological sites. Just something about them, even viewed remotely via phone, is thick with kinship.

I imagine a conversation of sorts. "Why are you drawing this?" asks one person. "Because I want them to know." the second replies. Was this a conversation that ever happened? Maybe, maybe not. But I think they knew that handprint would be there long after they, everyone they knew, and everyone those people knew, were gone.

I personally love the hypothesis that some of the Venus sculptures are self portraits

I would love to go back in history for a day or two to see this world it would be amazing.

@boyinblue.

4 жыл бұрын

Day 27 Oog still doesn’t suspect that I am from the future, my phone is still working soon I will be a god.

@Gray-Wolf

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it would be very cool and interesting to live the way they did just for a day, hell if you wanted to you could stay

@chuckleezodiac24

Жыл бұрын

try far cry primal.

The flickering light from the flame of their lamps, must’ve made their artwork move and seem to come to life.

Enjoyed this indeed. Long interested in these paintings, and they influence me as an artist. Thank you!

Can't wait for the Megalania. Also, nice singing!

@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@vladimirlenin3670

6 жыл бұрын

The JurassicMan the tiger thing? Feline ?

@OneLastOdyssey

6 жыл бұрын

Vladimir Lenin a Megalania is an ancestor of Komodo dragon.

@vladimirlenin3670

6 жыл бұрын

Platypus Boi thanks for the clear up. I played ark a little bit and that named reminded me of a cat thing

@OneLastOdyssey

6 жыл бұрын

Vladimir Lenin your welcome.

This video was just beautiful, as well as informative. It's still so sad that the fossil record is not even close to one percent of all the organisms that ever lived on the planet, so it's really up to us to preserve the ones we have left and learn as much as we can about them, those of dinosaurs, humans, other animals, and so on. Excellent work again Trey! Looking forward to that Paleo-profile.

The algorithm brought me to your channel a week ago, this is the one that made me subscribe!!

Fascinating video! I had been wondering which animals early man encountered and these drawings answer my questions about that. Excellent!

Great video. So glad you're an anthropologist and not a singer.

10:36 earliest furry ever

@azqq1526

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@azarishere6442

5 жыл бұрын

Madeleine G prafurry

@justinspencer983

5 жыл бұрын

Stop

@boyinblue.

4 жыл бұрын

I hope not

15:37 The fact that you can see the ribs and the column, perhaps, because back then humans were usually that skinny just blow my mind

Wonderful, thankyou and Im glad I found your channel. Im a visual artist- a painter of animals, and have been inspired all my life by cave art. These exquisite images capture the essence of the animals they depict. Beautiful and powerful beyond words