When people from prehistory created the first works of art on the walls of caves, they use colors that they found around them.

Almost all of the early cave art is drawn in black or dark red.

As time progressed, humans figured out how to create more colors and they

began to use them in more and different ways. However, some colors were very

difficult to create and those who could do it became fabulously rich.

Learn more about colors in the ancient world

and how early humans develop dyes and paints

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Audible.

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Steppingstones, a journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordonia by

Christine Desimaine T-Tugan.

The cave art of Frances Dordonia region is world famous for the mythology and the beauty of its remarkable

drawings and paintings.

These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture.

Focusing on five fascinating sites, including the famed Faint du Gome and others that still remain open to the public.

This audiobook reveals striking similarities between art forms of the Paleolithic and works of modern artists and gives us a unique pathway

towards understanding the culture of the Dordonia Paleolithic peoples and how it

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The first artwork created by human beings might have been someone who took a burning stick

from a fire and scratched out an image on a rock.

The black soot from the stick was the first proto-writing instrument

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