#paleoart — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #paleoart, aggregated by home.social.
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My cover artwork for the 10th anniversary 4th edition of DINOSAURS, HOW THEY LIVED AND EVOLVED, by Darren Naish & Paul Barrett (published by the Natural History Museum, London). The sauropod is the wonderful Amargasaurus. It is available now!
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Amargasaurus #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
A few more zooms with species labels from my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are #Beothukis #Fractofusus #Arborea #Charnia #Charniodiscus #Ivesheadiomorph #Primocandelabrum #Bradgatia #Thectardis #Lydonia, sea anemone, and microbial mats.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Fossils #Ediacaran #Newfoundland #MistakenPoint
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are #Beothukis #Fractofusus #Arborea #Charnia #Charniodiscus #Ivesheadiomorph #Primocandelabrum #Bradgatia #Thectardis #Lydonia, sea anemone, & microbial mats.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Fossils #FossilFriday #Ediacaran #Ediacara #Newfoundland #MistakenPoint
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are #Beothukis #Fractofusus #Arborea #Charnia #Charniodiscus #Ivesheadiomorph #Primocandelabrum #Bradgatia #Thectardis #Lydonia, sea anemone, & microbial mats.
#Painting #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossils #FossilFriday #Ediacaran
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Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
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New #Pterosaur Species Unearthed in Germany https://www.sci.news/paleontology/spathagnathus-roeperi-13972.html #paleoart by @AlessioCiaffi
A #NewSpecies and the earliest occurrence of the Gnathosaurinae (#Pterosauria) from the Late Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany: Alexandra Fernandes et al. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-025-00725-0
"Spathagnathus roeperi represents the oldest occurrence of a gnathosaurine and contributes to the range for the Gnathosaurinae [#pterosaurs] within the overall fossil assemblage of the #Solnhofen Archipelago."
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Delve into the history and inspiration behind the 1950s Marx Kronosaurus plastic toy: https://dinotoyblog.com/kronosaurus-marx/
This is one of the most insightful and thorough reviews to date on the @dinotoyblog, and also the final Marx figure to be checked off the reviewer's to-do list.
N.B. Controversially, the skeleton may not even be Kronosaurus (see, Eiectus).
#FossilFriday #Kronosaurus #Marx #vintage #toys #paleoart #pliosaurs #plesiosaurs
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Paleontologists Are Fuming over AI Depictions of Prehistoric Animals
https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-upset-ai-generated-art-dinosaurs-1851503634
#ycombinator #Per_Ahlberg #Gabriel_Ugueto #Paleontology #Ahlberg #Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games #Marcia_McNutt #Natalia_Jagielska #Mary_Anning #Paleoartists #Phoebe_McInerney #OPENAI #Paleoart #Jacob_Blokland #T_rex #frontiers #Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence #Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence #Gizmodo -
Paleontologists Are Fuming over AI Depictions of Prehistoric Animals
https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-upset-ai-generated-art-dinosaurs-1851503634
#ycombinator #Per_Ahlberg #Gabriel_Ugueto #Paleontology #Ahlberg #Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games #Marcia_McNutt #Natalia_Jagielska #Mary_Anning #Paleoartists #Phoebe_McInerney #OPENAI #Paleoart #Jacob_Blokland #T_rex #frontiers #Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence #Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence #Gizmodo -
Paleontologists Are Fuming over AI Depictions of Prehistoric Animals
https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-upset-ai-generated-art-dinosaurs-1851503634
#ycombinator #Per_Ahlberg #Gabriel_Ugueto #Paleontology #Ahlberg #Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games #Marcia_McNutt #Natalia_Jagielska #Mary_Anning #Paleoartists #Phoebe_McInerney #OPENAI #Paleoart #Jacob_Blokland #T_rex #frontiers #Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence #Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence #Gizmodo -
Paleontologists Are Fuming over AI Depictions of Prehistoric Animals
https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-upset-ai-generated-art-dinosaurs-1851503634
#ycombinator #Per_Ahlberg #Gabriel_Ugueto #Paleontology #Ahlberg #Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games #Marcia_McNutt #Natalia_Jagielska #Mary_Anning #Paleoartists #Phoebe_McInerney #OPENAI #Paleoart #Jacob_Blokland #T_rex #frontiers #Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence #Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence #Gizmodo -
Some #watercolor #practice!
I’m not really where I want to be, but idk where to look for learning resources.. 🥲If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please reach out with a comment or a private post!
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Aerodactylus scolopaciceps (named after the #Pokémon #Aerodactyl) is usually known as #Pterodactylus, as they are almost indistinguishable. But there are some subtleties in the ratios of #bone measurements that separate the two into different genera (Vidovic and Martill 2014).
Fun Fact: The specific name, scolopaciceps, refers to the snout looking superficially like the Eurasian #Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola).
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#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis
#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod
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Meraxes gigas from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian, ~95–93.9 Ma), Patagonia
#paleoart #art #dinosaur #dino #prehistoric #paleontology #digitalart #Meraxesgigas #Meraxes #Giganotosaurini #Carcharodontosauridae #Theropoda #Theropod
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Harpymimus okladnikovi (with a speculative throat-sac to impress some ladies)
#Harpymimusokladnikovi #Harpymimus #theropoda #art #paleoart #dinosaurs
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Una interpretación diferente de las crestas de #Cryolophosarus #paleoart #paleoarte #paleoartechileno #theropoda
https://fliracuadra.wixsite.com/falcilustraciones/post/sobre-la-cresta-de-cryolophosaurus