Did Neanderthals create art? - BBC REEL

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  • A tiny engraving on a rock suggests Neanderthals made art. It is just a few criss-crossing lines scored into rock, but this one little relic implies that our lost cousins were more creative than we ever imagined.
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  • @lashabezhanishvili9034
    @lashabezhanishvili9034 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The last part is so dramatic, together with the music. :D Brings tear to eyes although there is nothing sad in what they are saying.

  • @bladecutler9092
    @bladecutler9092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    My ancestors. My great grandparents. I love you. 🙌

    • @bladecutler9092
      @bladecutler9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@macmcskullface1004 my Ancestors 😎💪🏼☝🏻 genetics really are interested. They are living on.

    • @damianelliston9955
      @damianelliston9955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen to that, our ancestors were the real OG’s!! Great grandparents are angels especially if there still with us.. Cherish them folks☺️ God bless

    • @entropicemerald807
      @entropicemerald807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@macmcskullface1004 literally how wouldn't a Neanderthal be a direct ancestor of ours if it makes up a percentage of our DNA

    • @entropicemerald807
      @entropicemerald807 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@macmcskullface1004 it's still your ancestor you troglodyte. That's how having an ancestor works

    • @Muchuzi
      @Muchuzi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@macmcskullface1004 But in some time, a Neanderthar is your grand grand ... grand (mama or papa)

  • @forestdwellerresearch6593
    @forestdwellerresearch6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I think the fact this etching is on the ground is relevant. If you depict something it would likely be on a cave wall. If you are sharpening antler, processing meat or whatever than you'd likely be sitting down on the floor......

    • @kafiyo7928
      @kafiyo7928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's how we think, but they might have thought it was good on a rock surface.

  • @raccoonresident5760
    @raccoonresident5760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Did Neanderthals make art? Yes... did they start the trend? No.... someone 3 million years ago did that. And was it the first? No! But it’s the oldest we’ve found.

  • @user-rz4cz4mz7f
    @user-rz4cz4mz7f 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bro was like f it I’m bored

  • @ZGADOW
    @ZGADOW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I can think of lots of practical purposes for that etching besides being symbolic. I also think it could be incidental to some other activity like butchering meat or sharpening/dulling tools

    • @christopherellis2663
      @christopherellis2663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not how to put an edge on flint.
      Or much else

    • @ZGADOW
      @ZGADOW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@christopherellis2663 bone or wood can be sharpened by rubbing them against stone. Rubbing flint against a stone to dull sharp edges can be useful as part of some flint knapping techniques. Even modern flint knappers do this.

    • @casteretpollux
      @casteretpollux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dont think so. The intersections are like weaving, over and under, not just slashes. There are other pieces of Neanderthal markings elsewhere - also rectilinear - squares and rectangles and lines coming out. That would suggest a shared culture, not just random individual actions.

  • @SLBLADE
    @SLBLADE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn right they were human and they wasn't disconnected like us

  • @kennyw871
    @kennyw871 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't forget that "modern" humans have persistent Neanderthal genes. Meaning they were more than "kissing cousins." Meaning you never really leave your intimate cousins that far behind, suggesting they're not lost all that much if you get what I mean. The sad truth is that a Neanderthal artist was much better at drawing criss-crossing lines than I am. Therefore, I see it as art.

  • @raccoonresident5760
    @raccoonresident5760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s wasn’t art then but it’s art now. But the secret is .... it’s words. Ice, challenge, ice challenge, gift, spear, death, water.. it’s directions. :) more to the point it tells you where to go and how to get there. It’s got warnings, etc, just missing Siri. But seriously, it’s like when we draw instructions to people on how to get somewhere... same as that. It’s also describing the terrain above , on the hill. Going to check.

  • @SharonElizabethWhitfield
    @SharonElizabethWhitfield 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it’s some type of math.

  • @marshaboody9069
    @marshaboody9069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This looks like a weaving pattern.Over and under each other.You can see it best on the rock..not the drawing.

  • @kingpest13
    @kingpest13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It sounds excellent to travel from cave to cave with your family living off the land. I mean, sure there are modern luxuries I would miss but put a TV on the cave wall, give me a lifetime supply of antibiotics and I'm good.

  • @StressBurger
    @StressBurger ปีที่แล้ว

    i know i'm late to this party.... Neanderthals had campfires?!

  • @stephenrafter1022
    @stephenrafter1022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The # could be a sign.

  • @neilmm1039
    @neilmm1039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    looks like the lines on the palm of my hand ✋️

  • @doncarlodivargas5497
    @doncarlodivargas5497 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was not art, it was simply an neanderthal sitting there and was bored, making the scratches out of boredom, or alternatively, perhaps he was nervous, had an appointment at the dentist and knew he had to pull a teeth, and was scratching to occupy his mind, pretty sure his mother was pretty annoyed when she saw those nasty scratches in her beautiful cave

  • @WOTHAN66666
    @WOTHAN66666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It could be a animal trap or a lookoutplatform. How to do it.

  • @aroura15elementanne32
    @aroura15elementanne32 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of course they did a style of art as well x ray style can be found all over the world 🌎.

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Had they considered the possibility that that surface might've been a butchering stone and the markings might've been left by stone knives and other tools used in the process of cutting and slicing meat (and vegetables as well)?

    • @aaronb2779
      @aaronb2779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why would you cut vegetables in such a deliberate pattern?

  • @dragonfox2.058
    @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to go back

  • @WOTHAN66666
    @WOTHAN66666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I do something like this when I'm Doodle
    ling. And looking for inspirational. AND my dad did the same thing...

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    it is # Neanderthal. clear to me.

  • @graemeholmes5909
    @graemeholmes5909 ปีที่แล้ว

    Modern humans nail a banana to a wall and call it art. Who are we to make a judgment on whether this is or is not art when we lack the capacity to understand the reasoning and thought process behind it. Mere conjecture at this point.

  • @yoursoulisforever
    @yoursoulisforever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neanderthal cutting board! Comes with this handy antler sharpener! Just $19.99. Limited time offer. Get your now while supplies last!
    Sorry, I couldn't resist. I love ancient history, or prehistory as it were.

  • @theresahemminger1587
    @theresahemminger1587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Elementary and tic tac toe or beginner’s chess? At any rate, some kind of game board for the long days?

  • @jurgenczwienk1960
    @jurgenczwienk1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everything comes out of ennui! May be.

  • @olibarrett4283
    @olibarrett4283 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So are Neanderthals a different species?

  • @jcottrill1691
    @jcottrill1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    maybe its a form of writing looks somewhat like Chinese writing

  • @MetaPhysStore0770
    @MetaPhysStore0770 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why cant it be a map?

  • @messiahsgate1172
    @messiahsgate1172 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ladies and gentlemen we found Neanderthal art and it’s really really bad.

  • @ScLe
    @ScLe ปีที่แล้ว

    Not art. Meat tenderising rock. Food preparation area at the back of cave away from scavengers, hence the tool....in my uneducated opinion.

  • @kafiyo7928
    @kafiyo7928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Weaving instructions!

  • @frank_zapping
    @frank_zapping 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Potrebbero essere dei segni casuali provocati da altri lavori, come la concia delle pelli.

  • @Notmehimorthem
    @Notmehimorthem ปีที่แล้ว

    Not convinced at all. There w0uld be much more evidence

  • @douglascarter517
    @douglascarter517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell no

  • @christopherellis2663
    @christopherellis2663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ### 🇬🇮

  • @sutirtharoy
    @sutirtharoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    04:19
    04:14

  • @user-ei3gq7wn2p
    @user-ei3gq7wn2p 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    sapiens is'cheap'....neandi was 'true...

  • @brianSalem541
    @brianSalem541 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Political graffiti is my theory 😊