Why Did Prehistoric People Make Cave Paintings? | Footprints of Civilisation | Absolute History

When watching these documentaries we are not to take what the commentators or those so called experts are telling us is true. Many statements are not true and far from it. These documentaries do twist the actual truths of what is written and they will not tell you what the written ancient texts are actually saying as it would change mans understanding to the truth to how it has been distorted by them .

TLDW: Because they were bored since there was no internet porn.

Why? Because we're human. We want to leave our mark.

Given this title, I expected a detailed study of cave paintings and perhaps other prehistoric expressions of art like figurines. Instead, there was about 6 minutes (broken into by a commercial for History Hits, that was a general overview of cave paintings. The remaining 40, or so, minutes were Egyptian and later. Not cool.

Did someone with ADHD make this?

The French cave paintings are my absolute favorite artwork ever!

There were only 2 or 3 minutes of this video about (at the very most , if that much ) prehistoric cave paintings! The other 45 minutes or so was only egyptian, Greek and Roman culture!!! Where were the prehistoric cave paintings that you promised? Why have you baited / scammed suckered and trapped everyone to get to view your video???🤔🙄😳😟

"Women still feel the pressure to maintain and display a public face."

Shows images of women highlighting boobs.

Cave painters had the eye! Look at the line work! It’s as if the process was subconscious and they weren’t only seeing what we think we see in their work. There’s more to the image and overall message that’s bound to be discovered again and again.

"A long way away from where it was created" Well give it back then.

Would love to know if there would be this series on video..

What were long thought to be random markings on those ancient cave paintings have more recently been decoded.

No matter the reason for the paintings, art is art. Only some people have the ability to create art, if everyone could do it, would it be as special? I remember when I was young, other kids standing around to watch me draw, as if I was doing something magical. People like to watch art be created, they like to look at art - I imagine it was the same with these early humans.

some of the most idiotic commentary Ive ever heard. These people really think that poor people did their farming and hard labor and then walked their asses over to the pyramids and lifted huge stones?! HA! absurd!

Thank you for being inclusive with "renaissance man or woman or person"

"Renaissance person"
Imagine living in a society where mental illness is pandered to and encouraged.

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"Thoughout the islamic world..." Why mention those mutilated barbarians in a video about civilization and art?

"After Lascaux, all is decadence " Picasso

THEY DIDN'T SO STOP SPREADING THIS LIE. THE PEOPLE WHO PAINTED THESE ANIMALS WERE ARTISTS DOWN WITH THEIR LUCK IN THE ART WORLD.

Crazy how beautiful the art was ….just show you how we are all one ☝️ as human instead of looking how different we was

Enjoyed the historical details, despite misleading title. Bravo!

I'm somewhat aggravated by Hollywood's photoshopping of images and perfectionism. It isn't realistic. I do not look at women in a lustful, sexual way, but I appreciate their beauty with or without makeup with or without grey hair and wrinkles, thin or heavy set. I blame it for causing not only some women but some men too, who struggle with their self images. All of us is different. So much pressure is put on folks to look a certain way and it's destructive. I think Hollywood also puts too much emphasis on sex and promiscuity, which has a lot of negative implications. I'm not saying sex is a bad thing but I personally choose to stick with the ideal of only having sex within a marriage and staying away from smut. Just because I'm a heterosexual male don't mean I want to be bombarded by graphic images when I visit a website that's supposed to be benign.
I close by saying to anyone who feels less than whether it's because of Hollywood and people trying to push an ideal that isn't realistic or anything else causing such feelings of insecurity that I pray for them. God created each of us differently and with different talents and they do matter. Just be yourself

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They painted on cave walls for the same reason that I paint on canvas... If I didn't, I would curl up & die! The urge to create is too strong to ignore. It will not be denied.
And so they painted what they knew.
And then they thought about why the urge was so strong, and attached some spiritual significance to it, and consequently the area where the paintings were located also had spiritual significance.

i have a theory . the society that draw the cave paintings where advanced . astrologists , artists ,engineers . they where advanced but had nothing . they either survived something or where refugees . they decorated the cave with art and maps because they had to live there a long time ago. just my theory but ticks a lot of boxes :)

Thank you for this video. These rock shelters or caves were a natural hiding spot during very bad weather conditions but also a surviving place during the most dramatic event in the history of mankind. That is the crossing of planet 9 that occurs every few thousand years. That planet 9 is orbiting our sun in an eccentric orbit so it crosses close to our sun at a very high speed. Due to the gravitational force it causes a huge tidal wave, storms, rains, flooding and earthquakes in unprecedented amounts and a bombardment of fiery meteors. Only people who are in a shelter with a very strong roof, a mountain above your head will do, survive this disaster. In those caves they recorded messages for us. That they were human, many, by printing the hands. A spiral is the first sign of the approaching planet. A square cross is a closer planet and hands up means that they are frightened. That planet is sometimes presented as an agressive animal with big teeth. . Another result of the cycle of disasters is a cycle of civilizations. They emerge and vanish according to a fixed schedule. This is ancient knowledge that is available for everyone who is searching for it but that is forgotten, neglected or denied by all scientists.. To learn much more about planet 9, the recurring flood cycle and its timeline, the rebirth of civilizations and ancient high technology, read the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". This book answers many of your questions about ancient history. It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: planet 9 roest

Its almost like those ancient humans knew that they were the first of the humans and had to leave some clues

Ancient Taggers....

I was so excited by your video title , I was expecting to see a Neanderthal Rembrandt or VanGogh . Oops

When you can draw so beautifully, drawing is such great pleasure. Cave artists don’t get credit for the sheer exuberance of their art. Not practical, joyous

Music too loud video unwatchable.

To tell us hey you dummies we are way smarter than you think we are

Sorry but it was the most stupid title you could give to your video....

New genre! "Documentaries for people stupid enough to instantly forget why they clicked on the title."

This is the most patronising documentary I have seen in a long time. The disinterest in exploring actual motivations for art is replaced with shallow self serving analysis. I came in hopes of learning more about parietal art, but instead received a tiresome dose of perspectives - especially regarding medieval art - that have long been abandoned (thankfully). A very disappointing addition to an otherwise excellent channel.

In South Africa i saw cave paintings from the bushmen and the Khoi san . Since a kid I've been fascinated with the history of the people who painted the walls of caves

Thanks to everyone in comments so I didn't have to stick around for nothing. I searched specifically for a Lascaux documentary so I would have been pissed for real if I had wasted my time. I am thinking of that alien god meme. I'm putting "Quora clogging up search engine results" and "daily emails from merchants" as the lesser beings with "click bait titles & headlines" as the Supreme Being

Jesus, it's an ad every 3 or four words... unwatchable

Haha I find it funny how white peoples talk about ancient Egypt as of it was their culture. 😂

Hmmm. Not about prehistoric cave paintings.

Absolutely gave up on the video about three minutes in, to say that it is not art is asinine and insane, not to mention the fact that there are over 34 symbols that are repeated across multiple different cave sites all throughout Spain and France there is a theme, I don’t know what her qualifications claim to be, but she is absolutely not a historian in any capacity.

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I wonder why no cave paintings of the moon & its phases have been found.
Not even inside certain crypt,s in Egypt.
Was there no moon in their sky thousands of years ago.?

Why did prehistoric they/them fluid persons decide to do cave painting? Were they DEI SANCTIONED? were they prequalified? Did they use the right amount of gov approved ochre?
Is this question really relevant? I did not have my ass planted in some lecture hall for 4 yrs paid by my parents but I will venture an unovereducated opinion,
Because they could.

sorry not a slave to Pharoah. if people who are on this video belief in their false sense of reality well so be it.