Inventing Graphics on Cave Walls | Origins: The Journey of Humankind

Deep inside the caves of El Castillo and La Pasiega, our early ancestors were experimenting with a language we take for granted today: graphic communication.

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hmm i'm a bit sceptical, I reckon humans used sticks and dirt to show eachother signs and pictures, before they engraved it into an object. The ingravings in objects are then likely a result of ppl drawing in dirt.

[bandicoot]

I love cave drawings! Your right, some take them for granted! That first mark, opened the door to awareness.

[eloiserox]

Amazing, absolutely breathtaking. Would love to see it in person one day 😊

[keeperofthegood]

That "one off" looks how my friends and I would draw "stone henge" when we were in early grade school.

[AhsanKhan-xjmu]

1:57 25k years from now we are going to say that about the internet

[johnmyviews]

At 3.19 it looks like a phone number for those hand prints! Some birds create art to attract mates.

[forestdwellerresearch]

How old is the La Pasiega inscription of multiple signs at the end?

[kzxgqwe]

Hi u created animal jam #Aj i love it tysm 4 making it stay Awsome

[KittySYT]

See, that's what you call an art; not something what you drew or wrote on that public bathroom's wall. 🌚

[ChristianVBlue]

They drew primitive memes on the cave walls :^)

[irenagjorgjievska]

The first graffiti were invented then.

[sunset.]

most likely a kid invented drawing graphic

[milliedondiva]

It's true how am I blinking or speaking kinda trippy nice seeing these things they where very intelligent before time