![]() ![]() The cave is still open to the public, but in a very limited and controlled way. It contains stunningly beautiful art created thousands of years ago. THE CAVE OF NIAUX, IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE, IS ONE of the greatest prehistoric treasures of the world. Ian Tattersall, Curator, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, and author of The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know about Human Evolution Read more "A well-researched and highly readable exploration of one of the most spectacular manifestations of the unique human creative spirit–and one of its most intriguing mysteries." Aczel on a time-traveling journey through the past and discover what the ancient caves of France and Spain may reveal about the origin of language, art, and human thought as he illuminates one of the greatest mysteries in anthropology. ![]() to paint amazing, haunting images of animals?" "Why would the Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherers of Europe expend so much time and effort to penetrate into deep, dark, and dangerous caverns, where they might encounter cave bears and lions or get lost and die, aided only by the dim glow of animal fat–burning stone candles, often crawling on all fours for distances of up to a mile or more underground. ![]()
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