Mind in the Cave Consciousness and the Origins of Art [Paperback]

Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals.The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves ofwestern Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers.