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Media 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”
http://news.yahoo.com/cav...

Publication: Belfast Telegraph
Title: “Cave art animals 'more accurate'”
http://www.belfasttelegra...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

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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...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

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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...

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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...

No competing interests declared.