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In these caves are some of the earliest known works of art. These splendid scenes were rendered onto cold stone walls with spit and berry juice and signed with a hand print. Artists of this time had to live up to tribal expectations. Once an artist exposed his talent, perhaps by inadvertently making a hand puppet out of animal skins, he was usually brought out on a hunting trip and called upon to hypnotize a wild beast. If he failed, he might not survive to paint his mural. Look closely here. Do you see the human legs sticking out of the sabre-toothed tiger's mouth? Chances are that this composition was completed by an artist's successor.
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