Oldest Cave Paintings May Be Creations of Neandertals, Not Modern Humans
June 14th, 2012 |
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In a cave in northwestern Spain called El Castillo, ancient artists decorated a stretch of limestone wall with dozens of depictions of human hands. They seem to have made the images by pressing a hand to the wall and then blowing red pigment on it, creating a sort of stencil. Hand stencils are a common [...]
Keep reading »Tagging Science Art
August 17th, 2011 |
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Pssshhh! This blog has been tagged for Cities month on Scientific American. Street science-art. Yeah, the science is often incorrect or out of date. The conceptually popular and wildly incorrect ‘Ascent of Man’ is popular with street artists. It interests me how much of this counter-cultural art movement in our public spaces addresses evolution over [...]
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