New Scientist
Image: Needham et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0
Stone Age Europeans may have huddled around campfires at night to watch simple animations created when firelight danced across artwork etched on flat rocks.
The ancient paintings preserved on the walls of European caves tell us that Stone Age artists could depict animals with astonishing realism. What makes this prehistoric art even more impressive is that a lot of it must have been painted by firelight, because it lies far from cave entrances and beyond the reach of the sun. Read more on newscientist.com…
