The World's Earliest Cave Art
The Ancients
00:00
Children in the Caves
We do have evidence from other cave sites in Europe that children were often involved in the creation of little statues or the creation of marks on the cave walls. It makes sense for us to look in the fossil record and the archaeological record for evidence of those less, less expertly executed pieces of work because they probably represent the work of children. Every artist needs training, it would have been as true in the past - you don't just wake up one day and create those beautiful Lascau images without practicing.
Play episode from 15:03
Transcript
