The skill to make these images did not suddenly appear. The reports attempt of pin a date certain, but that is only part of the story. Surely they were learned long before, perfected over time and past down father to son.
Knowing the type of bone would be interesting. Perhaps it has not been identified as yet, but that should have been addressed in the article.
@JediMaster - I’ve seen still images of the cave you mention. The guy was talented.
Yes I totally agree, this wasn’t a sudden burst of creativity. Humans I believe started appearing about 200,000 years ago, and if you ever look at kids, they naturally start drawing once you put any kind of a writing device in the their hand, even a stick they will draw in the sand. It’s the imagination that forces it. So that’s 170,000 years of drawing before these cave drawings were ever made. Just a mind blowing amount of time to be passing on artistic skills and tricks. Can you imagine Neanderthals were still around when those cave drawings were made? The Geico cavemen!