The Listening Room - Oldest cave art painting

Jun 05, 2026 - Oldest cave art painting

Questions

1. c

2. 1. a

   2. a

   3. c

   4. c

3. 1. marking the point

   2. to the view

Dictation

1. Cave art is seen as a key (evolutioning) moment marking the point that humans began to think (truely in) abstract (and) symbolic ways.

   • Cave art is seen as a key evolutionary moment, marking the point that humans began to think in truly abstract, symbolic ways.

2. (A) kind of imagination(,under which is) religion and science.

   • The kind of imagination that underpins language, religion, and science.

3. (European) dating (confirmed) that the latest discovery is more than a thousand years older than the previous (old art work).

   • Uranium dating confirms that the latest discovery is more than a thousand years older than the previous oldest artwork.

4. It adds to the view that there was no single creative (way of) humanity in () small part of Western Europe, which than spread.

   • It adds to the view that there was no single creative awakening for humanity in a small part of Western Europe, which then spread.

5. Rather creativity was (in 8). Evidence () which (is stretched) back to Africa (were our) homo sapiens (involved).

   • Rather, creativity was innate. Evidence for which stretches back to Africa where our species of humans, Homo sapiens, evolved.

Note

1. evolutionary - adj. 进化的；发展的 relating to the gradual development or change of living things over time

2. marking - showing that something important has happened

3. abstract - existing as an idea, not as a physical object

4. symbolic - representing something else, often an idea or concept

5. underpins - v. 支撑、为…提供基础 supports or forms the basic foundation of something

6. dating - finding out how old something is or when it was made

   date n. 日期；约会；枣子；枣树 v. 探明日期、断代；表明过时、暴露年龄（sth. dates me）；去约会

7. awakening - a moment of becoming aware of something or gaining new understanding

8. spread - to move or extend over an area or to more people

9. innate - adj. 先天的、天生的、天赋的 something you are born with, not learned

10. stretches back - 追溯到 goes back in time to a particular point in the past

    stretch

    • v. 拉长（东西）；拉伸（身体）；绵延（在时间或空间上）；对能力或资源造成很大压力（拉得很长的抽象意思）
    • n. 拉伸身体的动作；一片连续的区域、陆地或水域；加长豪华轿车

11. species - a group of living things that are similar and can reproduce with each other

Transcript

Cave art is seen as a key evolutionary moment, marking the point that humans began to think in truly abstract, symbolic ways. The kind of imagination that underpins language, religion, and science.

Uranium dating confirms that the latest discovery is more than a thousand years older than the previous oldest artwork. It adds to the view that there was no single creative awakening for humanity in a small part of Western Europe, which then spread. Rather, creativity was innate. Evidence for which stretches back to Africa where our species of humans, Homo sapiens, evolved.