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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.

The majority of the images shown in this video are of wild animals that lived in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic (Ice Age) period. What other types of imagery did these ancient artists create?

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