Author = Prof saxx
The Paintings of Lascaux
- Humans, including prehistoric humans, lived by hunting for about one million years.
- The paintings of Lascaux were created by Homo sapiens around 20,000 years ago, near the end of the Paleolithic Age, which had lasted for several hundred thousand years.
- Among the prey animals, only the dangerous species were depicted.
- Small animals that were commonly eaten were not portrayed.
- It seems that there was no general reverence for animal life as a whole.
Desmond Morris, The Animal Contract: Sharing the Planet
Heibonsha, 1990