Early Humans

Before we found ancient caves, historians believed that the beginning of film and animation began in the 1800's. However, a recent discovery has proved everything we knew about modern moving images wrong, In France, old cave paintings from thousands of years ago were discovered and changed the whole scene of animation and film history. If a fire was made at a certain location in the cave, the images would come to life, moving with the flickering of the fire. These huge sprawling paintings covered whole caves, describing stories and history that was yet to be found. These images were most likely used to tell stories to younger children and warn them about certain animals. In order to make these paintings, primitive humans used mixes of different material that would create paint and would use their hands and simple tools to create these pictures. With all of these images, our understanding of film and human history has changed dramatically.