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1)they entertained them selves

2)they wanted to become artists

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They were artists! Some of their paintings are very good indeed considering the locations, materialsand methods available to them; and the more we learn about them the more respect we have for them.

Entertainment? Possibly.

We can't really know but it's thought the paintings were used in ritual ways, perhaps to celebrate or wish for the successful hunting they needed to survive. Significantly, some of the finest cave art is in passages or chambers having particular acoustic properties exploitable by the human voice, giving weight to the idea that the works illustrated rituals, or helped the rituals along.

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