What do the artifacts tell us about the lives of early humans?

Cave Paintings of shapes with Handprints

This cave painting was found in a cave in Argentina, South America. It shows cirular shapes, sticklike animal and three handprints. Paintings of shapes and handprints are common in cave art. Scientists believe that the handprints were the way the artist signed a painting.some scientists think that the geometric shapes had special meanings in rituals.

Spear Thrower

The Spear Thrower was found in France. It was made from a reindeer antler bone, it 10 inches long. It was made about 18,000 years ago. The Spear Thrower has a leaping horse carved into the top. The artist must have carved a great deal about decorating this important hunting tool. Scientists believed that the horse was carved for decoration.

Cave Art Tools

The tools and materials you see include 2 piles, rock hard minerals and a grind stone for grinding the minerals. There are also sculptures pick and an engraving tool. Scientist studied tools like these and tried to guess how they were used. Cave artist used tool made out of sharpen stones to sculpt and engrave objects and cave walls.