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A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain’s eastern coast in Valencia, whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira—is ...

“Maybe the prehistoric man thought like that too ... Alongside these are red (and occasionally purplish-black) paintings that look very different: hand stencils and animals, including ...

The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic ...

Paleolithic children ... children joined adults on journeys into the depths of caves and participated in painting and rituals as part of their role in the community — as ideal mediators with ...