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closeMedia Coverage of this Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 07 Dec 2012 at 22:23 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: The Australian
Title: “Cave art animals 'more accurate'”
http://www.theaustralian....
Publication: Mother Nature Network
Title: “Cavemen trump modern artists at drawing | MNN - Mother Nature Network”
http://www.mnn.com/lifest...
Publication: Art Daily
Title: “Cavemen better at drawing animal movement: study by open access journal PLoS ONE”
http://www.artdaily.org/i...
Publication: Daily Telegraph
Title: “Cavemen better at drawing animals in motion than modern artists - study”
http://www.dailytelegraph...
Publication: A Very Remote Period Indeed
Title: “A Very Remote Period Indeed: Cavemen, quadrupeds and science, oh my!”
http://averyremoteperiodi...
Publication: scientias.nl
Title: “Grotbewoner beter dan moderne kunstenaar in staat om dieren te tekenen - Scientias.nl”
http://www.scientias.nl/g...
Publication: Science Daily
Title: “Were cavemen better at drawing animals than modern artists?”
http://www.sciencedaily.c...
Publication: Archaeonerd
Title: “Serious and Not-So-Serious Musings on Archaeology: On "Cavemen" and Presumptions of Naturalism in Prehistoric Art”
http://archaeonerd.blogsp...
Publication: Science 2.0
Title: “Cavemen Were Better At Animal Art Than Leonardo Da Vinci”
http://www.science20.com/...
Publication: Courier Journal
Title: “Cavemen were better at drawing animals in movement than modern artists”
http://blogs.courier-jour...
Publication: AFP
Title: “Les hommes des cavernes dessinaient mieux que les artistes modernes”
http://www.lapresse.ca/sc...
Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Stone Age man was BETTER at drawing moving animals than artists today: Cave art 'has fewer errors than modern works' | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: Livescience
Title: “Cavemen Trump Modern Artists' at Drawing Animals | LiveScience”
http://www.livescience.co...
Publication: Smithsonian Blogs Surprising Science
Title: “Cavemen Were Much Better At Illustrating Animals Than Artists Today | Surprising Science”
http://blogs.smithsonianm...
Publication: Eureka Alert
Title: “Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: Business Insider
Title: “Cave Drawings Of Animals Are Surprisingly Accurate”
http://www.businessinside...
Publication: Yahoo! News
Title: “Cavemen Trump Modern Artists at Drawing Animals - Yahoo! News”
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Publication: Belfast Telegraph
Title: “Cave art animals 'more accurate'”
http://www.belfasttelegra...
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RE: Media Coverage of this Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 14 Dec 2012 at 23:02 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Psychology Today
Title: “Art and Progress | Psychology Today”
http://www.psychologytoda...
Publication: Big Think
Title: “Best At Drawing Animals In Motion: Cavemen | IdeaFeed | Big Think”
http://bigthink.com/ideaf...
Publication: Scientific American 60 Second Science
Title: “Cave Artists Had Leg Up on Moderns: Scientific American Podcast”
http://www.scientificamer...
Publication: Times of Malta
Title: “Cave art animals very accurate - timesofmalta.com”
http://www.timesofmalta.c...
Publication: 9 News MSN
Title: “Cave art animals 'more accurate'”
http://news.ninemsn.com.a...
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RE: Media Coverage of this Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 May 2013 at 21:53 GMT
Publication: Horsetalk.co.nz
Title: “Cavemen had edge over modern horse artists - study - Featured, Features, News - Horsetalk.co.nz”
http://horsetalk.co.nz/20...
RE: Media Coverage of this Article
ghorvath replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 02 Jan 2014 at 15:52 GMT
Sixty selected media echos:
[1] Discover Magazine - Will Hunt, Lisa Fedorowicz: Cave painters had a leg up on modern artists. December 2013, page 18
[2] Scientific American 60 Second Science - Cave Artists Had Leg Up on Moderns: Scientific American Podcast
http://www.scientificamer...
[3] Phys Org - Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://phys.org/news/2012...
[4] Eureka Alert - Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://www.eurekalert.org...
[5] Science Daily - Were cavemen better at drawing animals than modern artists?
http://www.sciencedaily.c...
[6] Daily Telegraph - Cavemen better at drawing animals in motion than modern artists - study
http://www.dailytelegraph...
[7] Science 2.0 - Cavemen Were Better At Animal Art Than Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.science20.com/...
[8] Nature World News - Cavemen Better at Animal Depiction Than Modern Artists: Study
http://www.natureworldnew...
[9] AFP - Les hommes des cavernes dessinaient mieux que les artistes modernes
http://www.lapresse.ca/sc...
[10] LiveScience - Cavemen Trump Modern Artists' at Drawing Animals
http://www.livescience.co...
[11] Smithsonian Blogs Surprising Science - Cavemen Were Much Better At Illustrating Animals Than Artists Today
http://blogs.smithsonianm...
[12] The Wall Street Journal (15 December 2012, page C4) - Daniel Akst: Biomechanics - The horse sense of cave dwellers.
[13] The Wall Street Journal (11 December 2012, 10:47 am) - Daniel Akst: No horsing around for early painters
http://blogs.wsj.com/idea...
[14] Spiegel Online - Bewegungsmuster von Vierbeinern: Höhlenmaler waren präziser als spätere Künstler
http://www.spiegel.de/wis...
[15] Psychology Today - Art and Progress: What does it mean to say "cavemen" drew animals "better" than modern artists?
http://www.psychologytoda...
[16] Times of Malta - Cave art animals very accurate
http://www.timesofmalta.c...
[17] CBS News - Cavemen better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://www.cbsnews.com/83...
[18] The Australian - Cave art animals 'more accurate'
http://www.theaustralian....
[19] Mother Nature Network - Cavemen trump modern artists at drawing | MNN - Mother Nature Network
http://www.mnn.com/lifest...
[20] Art Daily - Cavemen better at drawing animal movement: study by open access journal PLoS ONE
http://www.artdaily.org/i...
http://www.artdaily.org/i...
[21] A Very Remote Period Indeed - A Very Remote Period Indeed: Cavemen, quadrupeds and science, oh my!
http://averyremoteperiodi...
[22] Scientias.nl - Grotbewoner beter dan moderne kunstenaar in staat om dieren te tekenen - Scientias.nl
http://www.scientias.nl/g...
[23] Archaeonerd - Serious and Not-So-Serious Musings on Archaeology: On "Cavemen" and Presumptions of Naturalism in Prehistoric Art
http://archaeonerd.blogsp...
[24] Courier Journal - Cavemen were better at drawing animals in movement than modern artists
http://blogs.courier-jour...
[25] Daily Mail - Stone Age man was BETTER at drawing moving animals than artists today: Cave art 'has fewer errors than modern works'
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
[26] Business Insider - Cave Drawings Of Animals Are Surprisingly Accurate
http://www.businessinside...
[27] Yahoo! News - Cavemen Trump Modern Artists at Drawing Animals - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/cav...
[28] Belfast Telegraph - Cave art animals 'more accurate'
http://www.belfasttelegra...
[29] Fox News - Cavemen trump modern artists at drawing animals
http://www.foxnews.com/sc...
[30] RedOrbit - Cavemen Drew Animals Better Than Modern Artists
http://www.redorbit.com/n...
[31] Horsetalk - Caveman had edge over modern horse artists
http://horsetalk.co.nz/20...
[32] Today Tech - Caveman outdo modern artistsat drawing animals
http://www.today.com/id/5...
[33] Planet Infowars - Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://planet.infowars.co...
[34] Conscious Life News - Caveman were much better at illustrating animals than artists today
http://consciouslifenews....
[35] Science Defined - Cavemen Are Better at Art Than Modern Artists?
http://sciencedefined.wor...
[36] Big Think - Best At Drawing Animals In Motion: Cavemen
http://bigthink.com/ideaf...
[37] Science Codex - Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://www.sciencecodex.c...
[38] The Huffington Post - Cavemen Trump Modern Artists At Drawing Animals
http://www.huffingtonpost...
[39] Examiner - Cavemen best at depicting animal movement in art
http://www.examiner.com/a...
[40] Mail Online - Stone Age man was BETTER at drawing moving animals than artists today: Cave art 'has fewer errors than modern works'
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
[41] Greater Anchestors - Ancient Animal Art demonstrate Master Design
http://greaterancestors.c...
[42] Naharnet - Caveman Better at Drawing Animal Movement
http://www.naharnet.com/s...
[43] The Malaysian Insinder - Cavemen better at drawing animal movement, study finds
http://www.themalaysianin...
[44] Natural Hazards - Cavemen better at drawing animal movement: study
http://w11.zetaboards.com...
[45] MSN News - Cave art animals 'more accurate'
http://news.uk.msn.com/od...
[46] The Stochastic Scientist - Cave art is more accurate than modern art
http://stochasticscientis...
[47] Health, Medical and Science Updates - Animal gait was depicted more accurately in cave paintings than in modern art
http://www.stonehearthnew...
[48] Reasons To Belive - Prehistoric Artists Better than Moderns
http://www.reasons.org/ar...
[49] Preserving History - Prehistoric man drew more anatomically correct than modern artists
http://prehist.org/news/1...
[50] Science Blog - Cavemen were better at drawing animals than modern artists
http://scienceblog.com/58...
[51] Decoded Science - Cave Artists Better Than Da Vinci? Puppeteers Better Than Most Modern Artists
http://www.decodedscience...
[52] Geekosystem - Cavemen Were Better at Drawing Four-Legged Animals, Modern Man Hangs Head in Shame
http://www.geekosystem.co...
[53] Hirado.hu - A barlanglakó ősember jobb, mint a modern művész
http://www.hirado.hu/Hire...
[54] Stop - Van, amit az ősember jobban tudott
http://www.stop.hu/tudoma...
[55] Lovasok - Az ősember pontosabban ábrázolta a négylábúak járását, mint a modern művészek
http://www.lovasok.hu/ind...
[56] Véleményezd - A barlanglakó ősember pontosaban ábrázolta az állatok járását, mint a modern művészek
http://velemenyezd.hu/vel...
[57] Magyar Nemzet Online - Lépéshibák: Suhanó elefántok és trappoló emberek
http://mno.hu/migr_1834/l...
[58] Origo.hu - Szegő Iván Miklós: Magyar kutatók vették észre da Vinci hibáját. 2012 december 6., 9:15
http://www.origo.hu/tudom...
[59] ELTE Hírek - BH-BE-JH-JE
http://www.elte.hu/hir?id...
[60] Sikeradó - Az ősember pontosabban ábrázolt, mint a modern művészek
http://www.sikerado.hu/tu...