Lascaux and Altamira

Hi :), i am going to talk about Lascaux and Altamira caves, is interesting to talk about this, because this has occurred many hundreds of years before and discover how they express themselves now is fantastic and if we are attentive, we can learn many different and new things that we can never imagine.  

Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne. They contain some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old. With the advent of the Upper Paleolithic period from 40,000 BCE, coinciding with the replacement of Neanderthal Man with "modern" versions of Homo sapiens, prehistoric art takes a massive leap forward, as exemplified by the cave painting of western Europe.

The Upper Paleolithic cave complex at Altamira in northern Spain, not far from the village of Antillana del Mar in Cantabria,  is famous for its vivid rock art, featuring drawings and multi-coloured cave painting of wild animals and human hands, leading to its nickname as the "Sistine Chapel of Stone Age art". 

Now, i am going to paste some images of Lascaux:

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Now, i'm going to paste some pictures of Altamira caves:

I search for images and i found one that is interesting, they say that they found a smiley in a rock: