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Ancient cave painters deprived themselves of oxygen to get high, new study suggests – CNET
Artists of yore deliberately chose to paint in caves’ darkest, narrowest recesses. Now researchers think they know the reason.
A replica painting from Spain’s Cave of Altamira, home to numerous paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic period.
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Ancient cave painters sometimes created elaborate images in dark, narrow passages navigable only with artificial light. Hardly optimal conditions for an artist. So why would Picassos of the Late Stone Age even attempt to draw in such…
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