Is this right? 12,000 years in the rain forest and it still looks that good? We can’t even make house paint that lasts for more than 10 years.
Aliens..................
Red ochre is extremely durable, especially under rock overhangs. Rock with natural iron and rust inclusions stays red too. You can see where ochre residue did run off over the years and stain rock below. They probably killed lichen and fungus and mold before photographing it.
I was thinking the same thing. Early stop signs were yellow. They wanted them to be red but red paint faded too quickly in the sun. I think they figured out how to make special red paint in the late 1940’s or so. But the savages figured it out 12,000 years ago?
Well, really probably 4,000 because the earth is really only about 6000 years old.
Same thoughts. I’m a little doubtful of this for that reason. It looks to good to have been exposed that long in such a climate.
I’ve worked in the Colombian rain forest. Everything rots or rusts in no time. Even the sloths are green with algae.
Got to second your suspicions on this. Ochre still that vibrant after being applied to rock 12,500 to 11,800 years ago? What binder has that kind of holding power?