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Cave painting of bison, c. 15,000 bce; in Altamira...
A. Held/J.P. Ziolo, Paris
Drawings of a lean bear or a hyena (above) and a panther (below) in Chauvet–Pont...
Photo by Jean Clottes; used with permission
Aboriginal cave paintings, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cave painting of a bison, Altamira, Spain.
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Drawings of four black horse heads, a small rhino, and an aurochs in the Chauvet–Pont...
Photo by Jean Clottes; used with permission
Drawings of lions hunting bison in the End Chamber of Chauvet–Pont d'Arc, Ardèche,...
Photo by Jean Clottes; used with permission
A horse, one of many animals engraved on a soft wall in the Hillaire Chamber of the...
Photo by Jean Clottes; used with permission
Chumash cave painting. These paintings were probably created for religious purposes.
Kristina D.C. Hoeppner
Prehistoric cave art, Ennedi Plateau, Chad.
©Franz Aberham—Digital Vision/Getty Images
A cave painting in Lascaux, near Montignac, France, depicting a bull and a horse.
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Painted and engraved figure of the Sorcerer (Horned God), at Trois Frères in Ariège,...
Jean-Dominique Lajoux
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