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During the last ice age, vast areas of northern Europe were beyond survival. The paintings were drawn by people who
snowy tundra, but in southern France, the landscape was a had studied the living animals and carried the memory of
patchwork of forests and grasslands that supported a wealth them deep into the cave. They were people with curiosity,
of wild animals. They were hunted by people who were just imagination, culture, and creativity. In other words, they were
like us, but with the different skills needed to survive at the among the first to show evidence of the defining feature of
time. The cave walls show that their abilities extended well modern humanity—civilization.

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