The Origin of Art: An Approximation through Archaeological Evidences

Abstract

A poetic idea is proposed, the origin of “aesthesis” is our origin. Art in its double side, as an ‘object’ and as a ‘work’, is as old as our human species. We could even say that it is the heritage of hominids, for each hominid species which were born in this planet with an antiquity known to be three million years old till our days. This implies hominid species discussed above, like Australopithecus africanus, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo antecessor, Homo Neanderthal, and Cro-Magnon. In order to analyze the evolution of art from a new perspective, with archaeological evidence, the main methodology used is the observation and analysis of archaeological evidence, experimentation demonstrates the results. The most important result is the creation cladogram, in addition to an aesthetic theory, is a guide to classify archaeological evidence. Experimentation on archeology of fire values the Paleolithic civilization. All the archaeological evidence presented in this study will conclude that the first need as a species is aesthetics, and by evolution the art, and that the link is intrinsic to our human species. The main contribution to the field is a new perspective that links the evolution of our species with the origin and development of art. The novelty of this study is the multidisciplinary approach that includes the fields of aesthetics, cultural anthropology, archeology and the fine arts. The convergence of these disciplines concludes that art is intrinsic to the human species.