Those cave paints go way way back. Some are 40,000 years old. It is impressive how detailed and realistic some of the paintings are. And again there is a sophisticated level of abstraction to paint a representation of a 3-D object in 2-D. Makes one wonder what knowledge has been gained and lost over and over if man could create something that sophisticated so many tens of thousands of years ago. Interesting to contemplate.
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Was this just a guy saying "watch this!" And others saying "Way kewl, lemme try that."
Or the first political voting...all those who agree to move to greener warmer pastures vote on this wall. One hand print, one vote. "Throg you with dirty hand no vote again"
Heck ask any modern kid, they'll say it was a Rave back in the day.
So many questions.
Aren’t they wondetful! The artist has cleverly reduced the subjects to their simplest form and yet we are never confused about the creatures we are seeing. There is some thought that the artist,using a ladder holding a torch, actualy chewed pigment and charcoal then spit the blend on the cave walls. There is evidence from analysis of small samples that saliva was indeed used.