Prehistoric Art: Humanity's First Expressions

Before written language, humans communicated through art. Prehistoric artifacts and artworks from

the Stone Age, Paleolithic and Neolithic periods provide a window into our earliest

ancestors' lives, beliefs, and creative expressions. Prehistoric art was created in eras

where written language had not yet been developed. Before leaving historians written records,

prehistoric artists left a treasure trove of information through artifacts and drawings that

survived centuries of environmental exposure. Around 500,000 years ago a human engraved

a zig-zag pattern on a seashell: the earliest existing example of art. Prehistoric artists

used natural materials like ochre (producing red, yellow, and brown),