Palaeolithic Cave Art

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined in the Palaeolithic era by Dr Isobel Wisher and comedian Seán Burke to learn about cave art. Tens of thousands of years ago, human ancestors all over the world began drawing and painting on cave walls, carving figurines, and even decorating their own bodies. Although archaeologists have known about Palaeolithic art since the late 19th Century, cutting-edge scientific techniques are only now helping to uncover the secrets of these paintings and the artists who created them. From a warty pig painted on a cave wall in Indonesia, to a comic strip-like depiction of lions chasing bison in France, this episode explores the global phenomenon of cave art, and asks why humans have always felt the need to express their creative side.

You’re Dead To Me is the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Every episode, Greg Jenner brings together the best names in history and comedy to learn and laugh about the past.

Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Jon Norman Mason Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Ben Hollands Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: James Cook

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0:50.0	My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and today we are cracking out our crayons and journeying back tens of thousands of years into the deep past to learn all about the Paleolithic and cave art and to help us paint an audio picture we have two very special guests.
1:06.0	In Archaeology Corner, she's a postdoctoral researcher at Ahus University in Denmark, where she's
1:10.8	researching the evolution of early symbolic behavior.
1:13.6	Usefully for us, she has a PhD from Durham University in upper Paleolithic cave art.
1:18.0	It's Dr Isabel Wisher.
1:19.1	Welcome, is he?
1:20.1	Hi, thank you for having me.
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