As far back in time as 30,000 years ago, human beings were creating images of their world, for reasons that seem magical and mysterious. They painted animals on cave walls, they incised patterns into bones, and they carved human and animal figures out of horn and stone. Though the artists and their communities have receded into the mists of remote time, their works remain to entice us into a search to learn more about our ancient parents.
This exhibit has been organized by Texas Humanities Resource Center, in collaboration with the Science Place [formerly Dallas Museum of Health & Science], with funding provided by the Texas Council for the Humanities. It is based on a major traveling exhibition prepared by the American Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution. Images of cave paintings are reproduced by courtesy of Douglas Mazonowicz, of the Gallery of Prehistoric Painting, New York City. Panel texts are adapted from the exhibition catalog by the curator, Alexander Marshack.
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