Why do we do art?. We can’t help ourselves Oldest (290,000-700,000 years old) known “art object;” Auditorium Cave, India.

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Why do we do art?

We can’t help ourselves

Oldest (290, ,000 years old) known “art object;” Auditorium Cave, India

500,000 year old etched shell

Venus of Tan-Tan, 200,000 to 500,000 years old; Tan-Tan, Morocco

Engraved stone, 70,000 years old; Blombos Cave, South Africa

42,000 year old painting of a seal; Nerja Cave, Spain

Musical instrument, 42,000 years old; Hohle Fels Cave, Germany

40,000 year old stenciled hand prints, El Castillo cave, Spain

20,000 year old cave painting; Lascaux Cave, France

Oldest (14,000 years) known map; Abauntz Cave, Spain

Umm, it’s not just us

The Gorillas

Koko: “Banana Slugs”

Koko: “Bird”

Koko: “Pink, pink, nice drink, stink” drink = water stink = flowers

Michael: “Apple chase”

Michael: “Toy dinosaur”

Michael: “Me, myself, good”

Michael: “Celery tree”

The Bowerbirds

Bowerbird

Art makes us smarter

Earliest writing and number systems 3,000 to 4,000 years old, but WAY before

Lebombo Bone, 44,000 years old, “tally stick”; Lebombo Mountains, Swaziland

Ishango Bone, 28,000 year old “tally stick”; Ishango, Belgian Congo

Symbols found in many cave paintings dating to 15,000 to 30,000 years ago

Has “2001” got it wrong?