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The Lascaux cave
paintings depict many
horses, stags, and bulls,
plus a bear, a rhinoceros,
and a human.
Cave creatures
In 1940, a bunch of French
teenagers found paintings of
animals in the caves of Lascaux,
Painting the past France. These amazing images
The world’s oldest art is believed date back 17,000 years. The
to be cave drawings found reason for their depiction remains
in SULAWESI, INDONESIA. uncertain, though it is possible that
About 40,000 years old, these they were drawn to encourage
drawings feature handprints SUCCESSFUL HUNTING.
and hunting animals. It’s
possible that art may have
originated in Africa before How it changed
the creators moved to Asia Art probably
for early humans as it does
to continue their craft. served the same purpose
for us today—it educates,
the world
Mane attraction entertains, and
The oldest example of decorates our lives.
figurative art is the Lion
Man of Hohlenstein
Stadel (right). This statue,
carved out of MAMMOTH
TUSK, was created about First art
40,000 years ago in what is
now modern-day Germany.
It shows a human body Decorating the HOMES
with the head of a and lives of early humans
European cave lion.
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