The dawn of art
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The images in this video come from Chauvet Cave, an ancient rock art site in France. Watch the video and try to imagine the kind of people that created the art. There are no words in this video, so check out the Dig Deeper section for some context before you try to answer the questions.
100,000 year-old paint mixing kits have been found at a site in South Africa called Blombos, however, up until about 40,000 BP, we have no evidence of humans painting images anywhere. Why do you think this is?
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