Investigating The Past

Have you ever wondered why early humans painted on caves? Well here are some of the reasons that we learned in class!

One of the cave paintings we studied was a painting of animals. It was a painting of a bison with some horses and other animals. It was painted in a hollow part of the cave wall. There was also some type of weapon in the painting. We made some guesses based on what was in the painting to see why people painted them. We guessed that they painted it as a memory of a hunting trip or something that they hoped would happen. Social scientists thought they were used in rituals or ceremonies.

There are obviously many reasons why early humans painted cave paintings. Most of the time they drew them for religious reasons. Other times, when they carved things on spear throwers, they thought they would be good luck so they used them as good luck charms while they were hunting. Other times, people made art to identify what clan they were in.

So to conclude all of this, early humans had many ways to express themselves through art. Most of the time they used art for religious reasons but sometimes they used it to identify themselves. Other times they used their art as good luck charms.