May
22
/ 2022
Since the evolution of Homo sapiens approximately 1.8 million years ago, humans have advanced in many aspects of life, especially art. According to historians, the earliest record of humans engaging in the creation of art is from nearly 40,000 years ago in Europe and Southeast Asia. Referred to as the Aurignacians, these humans were the first group of Homo sapiens to migrate out of Africa. Now, they are known as the earliest European culture of modern-day humans. After migrating out of Africa and establishing themselves throughout Europe, the Aurignacians went through three stages: Early Aurignacians, Aurignacian Proper, and Late Aurignacian. The earliest discoveries of their figurative art, also referred to as the art of the Upper Paleolithic, is estimated to
