{"id":116,"date":"2008-10-10T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=116"},"modified":"2009-07-14T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T21:34:58","slug":"what-ancient-cave-art-says-about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/topics\/human-evolution\/what-ancient-cave-art-says-about-us\/116\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: What Ancient Cave Art Says About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionRight\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/10\/thumb-news-chauvet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117\" title=\"Chauvet cave art\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/10\/thumb-news-chauvet.jpg\" alt=\"Chauvet cave art\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>This <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2008\/06\/23\/080623fa_fact_thurman\" target=\"_blank\">New Yorker<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2008\/06\/23\/080623fa_fact_thurman\" target=\"_blank\"> article<\/a> has a more literary tone and provides a good overview of European cave art. From the first discovery of painted caves in Altamira, Spain to the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culture.gouv.fr\/culture\/arcnat\/chauvet\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">discovery of Chauvet<\/a> in France in 1994, the author describes what it\u2019s like to be in these amazing places, and what researchers are trying to glean about those who created them thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2008\/06\/23\/080623fa_fact_thurman\" target=\"_blank\">full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This New Yorker article has a more literary tone and provides a good overview of European cave art. 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