Paleo Cave Art Mysteries: A Three-Part Series: Episode Two

Dive into Paleo Cave Art Mysteries with popular science host and author Neil Bockoven in this three-part documentary series. In addition to showing the beauty of these ancient images, we'll get into the science and stories behind the art. What and where is the oldest art? Who made it, and what did it all mean?

We'll show how some of the art probably represents the oldest writing in the world, and why - unfortunately - we've come to believe that the bulk of paleo art has been destroyed.

You'll also see how some of what remains shows the very first images of volcanoes, landscapes, hunting instructions, stars, and directions for rituals - sometimes involving hallucinogens!

Also, why viewing these mysterious images painted and etched on cave walls is such an emotional experience for so many people.

And how cave art from different eras has been found in thousands of locations all over the world -- created by our ancestors and other earlier human species -- and why many of the images and symbols used by these ancient artists are so astoundingly similar.

Neil Bockoven is an award-winning PhD geologist, journalist and the author of the historical fiction “Moctu” series — Moctu and the Mammoth People (October, 2020) and The People Eaters (July 2022) – as well as a children’s science book titled When We Met Neanderthals (2019).

His popular first video series, Paleo Human Mysteries, is a four-part documentary that examines some of the greatest mysteries surrounding our early ancestors. Did we interbreed with Neanderthals and other archaic human species? And why did we survive, while they did not? Based on Neil’s exhaustive research, the series delves deep into the Paleolithic era and the interactions of paleo humans and explores the most recent discoveries being made through archaeology and paleogenetics.

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Credits for Paleo Cave Art Mysteries:

Neil Bockoven
Executive Producer, Scriptwriter, Host

Scott Busby / The Busby Group
Producer, Script Editor

Anthony Tamayo
Director of Photography, Editor

Daniel Bael
2nd Camera, Sound

For more information about Neil Bockoven and his books, visit his website: https://www.neilbockoven.com/

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For media inquiries, please contact Scott Busby at [email protected] or 310.439.9400

Special thanks to Genevieve von Petzinger for her review and comments. Check out her book: The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's First Symbols.