By 
Iseult Gillespie
 | 
TED-Ed Original

Explore cave paintings in this 360° animated cave

The paintings of our ancestors have been preserved in caves all over the world; the oldest we've found were made up to 40000 years ago. What do these images tell us about the ancient human mind and the lives of their creators? In this special 360° TED-Ed animation explore an ancient cave and its surroundings as Iseult Gillespie shares a brief history of cave paintings.

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