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Move Over, Pollock: Research Confirms Neanderthals Made Splatter Paintings

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 5, 2021August 6, 2021

Pigment found on rocks in a Spanish cave was applied by humans 60,000 years ago using splattering and blowing techniques.

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Ancient Cave Paintings Are Deteriorating Due to Climate Change

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Extreme patterns of increased seasonal moisture from monsoonal rains and worsening droughts are accelerating rock art deterioration, researchers say.

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Ancient Cave Painters May Have Limited Their Oxygen for Creative Inspiration

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Cavernous conditions and fire may have contributed to an “altered states of consciousness.”

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Archaeologists Discover Eight Miles of Prehistoric Rock Art, “the Sistine Chapel of the Ancients”

by Hakim Bishara December 4, 2020December 14, 2020

Tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans, made up to 12,600 years ago, were found along the Guayabero River in the Colombian Amazon.

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Trove of 14,000-Year-Old Animal Paintings Found in Spanish Cave

by Claire Voon June 1, 2016June 2, 2016

Archaeologists in Spain have come across an extraordinary series of Paleolithic-era paintings in Basque Country’s Atxurra cave that they estimate date as far back as 14,000 years.

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New 25,000 Year Old Cave Paintings Discovered in Spain

by Kyle Chayka May 11, 2011May 18, 2011

Cave paintings are so in right now! From Werner Herzog’s documentary to the recent discovery of new cave paintings in Spain, primitive art is totally in fashion. These newly uncovered 25,000 year-old paintings are thin line drawings of horses and human hands, rendered in a deep red.

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