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Prehistoric people mostly painted animals in caves, common images were big animals with 4 legs, possibly bulls or some sort of animals as such. I think they painted the animals to possibly warn people about the animals that could be inside. That’s what people mostly painted and that’s why i think they painted those things

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they painted i caves because it was the only shelter they had at the time and they wanted to document what they saw in life.

the paintings on the walls in caves of animals most of what they saw in life animals to warn people who visited about what’s around the area

this is important because they showed the animals and how they lived back then in those caves

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Alex K-M

The majority of paintings in the neolithic period were discovered in caves. This may be a result of survivorship bias. However, what is more likely is that human tech was still rudimentary at this time, so communities housed themselves in naturally occurring parts of their environment (caves) rather than building housing themselves.

Common images in these caves are depictions of native wildlife, human figurines are sparing, though handprints are sometimes present. The people who created these works likely based it off of what they saw, and what felt important to them. Another important factor to consider is cave paintings as a form of communication. Prey may have been depicted to teach hunting. Evidence as to why these paintings were created is sparse, all that is available is there existence.

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Christopher Lopez 9/2/25

I think prehistoric people mostly painted in the caves because that was mainly there shelter and i’d assume more people would maybe be in and out of the caves. Some common painting found in the caves where animals. Those kind of things are important because it shows how they lived back then and kind of adds information about these people from then.

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Alexandra Ventura

Prehistoric people painted mostly in caves because caves provided them shelter and a stable environment that helped keep the paintings for a long time. For example, the paintings in the Lascaux II Cave, which are over thousands years old, feature animals and often looking like they have been used for ritualistic or storytelling purposes. This is important because the survival and content of these paintings give us direct insights into the lives, beliefs, and artistic skills of our ancestors.

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Ian Carias

In my perspective I think people mostly painted in caves was for dialogue to track what they have done or make paint animals and tell them in stories and say that’s they are deadly and how they live. They type of paintings found in caves were people paintings and animals. Another things that people have found in caves could be like spiritual animals or the type of gods they would worship.

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Dylan Rios

I think prehistoric people mostly painted in caves because it would be safer for them since they are distracted while painting and if they were painting outside they wouldn’t know if a animal or someone else was watching them. The images that are commonly found in cave paintings are animals like bison and also deer.

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Samuel Valencia

Prehistoric people mostly painted in the because I think there was really no where else to paint on and it also gave them protection from the weather and animals. Some of the most common type of images are animals and themselves. This is important because they depicting what everyday life was like.

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Diego Patino

Most Prehistoric people painted in caves to protect themselves and the art from the weather because there was an ice age going on at the time. There were a lot of types of art in these caves like carvings, painting with charcoal and sculptures, all having different meanings should like spiritual believes, protection, teaching each other or a good luck charm for hunting or reproduction. A couple famous cave art is the Venus of willemdorf and Apollo 11 cave art.

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Stacy Quinteros

Painting in caves was common for Prehistoric people because of safety of the cave, and having a cave as a home is the result of the usefulness of a natural pre-built shelter, with common types of paintings/images being animals and at times humans. With people basing these images to make sense of what they saw.

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Cervando Arreola

The prehistoric people painted mostly animals or other creatures sometimes they would paint stick figures along with the animals, I think they painted these animals they hunted on the walls of caves to kinda story tell. I say this because there’s always the same kind of paintings for communicating or to leave a record of their hunt and show the animals that they killed maybe to show how they are strong. This is important because this can be one of the reasons why they painted animals in these caves it can also be for shamanic purpose's or religious reason.

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The reason why prehistoric people painted mostly in cave is because they didn't have many options to paint on. The reason why I claim this is because they had nothing but stone and sticks. The reason why this is important is because since they only had stone and some paint that meant their imagination was running wild but they also feared lots of things, combining wild imagination with fear, it will make a lot of ancient artifacts and cave paintings.

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Kacey Martinez

prehistoric people mostly painted in caves to show there presence in their location they were at.

Some type of images that were found were animal's and stick human figures.

This is important because it shows what they left behind and how they wanted to leave their presence there and shows how they would paint back then

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Josiah Tebalan

I believe prehistoric people painted in caves as a way to communicate and warn others, seeing how many paintings involved animals. At this time people had no specific language and most likely would look to art in order to convey a message, and with the numerous animals looking to kill people both inside and outside, it'd make sense to educate the uninformed or infants of any potential danger and whether to avoid/fight. This is important because while it might still be useless in the grand scheme of things, it at least gives the art a purpose and reason for creating it even with all the chaos unfolding in this time.

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Isabella Andrade

The pre-historic people painted mainly painted in caves because,it was there way of showing what they were thinking,as well to maybe be even document there life as well.Some of the common types of images found in these caves were, animals representations,and humans but as stick figures .

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Ismael Frech

I believe prehistoric people used to paint mainly in caves as a source of protection for them and their paintings. The paintings were preserved in the caves against weather and they painted things such as animals, their handprints and symbols. I believe they were perhaps used in hunting rituals, teachings/understanding and/or religious reasons.

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Hailey Payes

The mostly animals that they would paint . I think that they would do to warn people of that animals or for a food source. This what I think is the reason they paint these things.

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Victoria Alatorre

Prehistoric people painted in caves because that was their home. they painted animals in groups and different kinds of animals.In the caves there was animal painting on walls or the top of a cave.And in the back there was animals painted.Its important because the animals show what's around the people saw those and they hunt those animals.

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Ashley Galicia

Prehistoric people would paint in caves because it was their way of communicating with people, like a language. I believe that they would use these paintings as a form of trying to make an understanding of what’s around them or as a warning of what can be encountered. Some of these paintings include drawings of animals that were made to look three dimensional, hand prints, and human stick figures. Making the animals look realistic than a human would give more of an idea of what the main focus would be.

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LaTiana Bryant

I think prehistoric people painted mostly in caves because that was their shelter, the caves also protected their art from weather. They often painted animals. I think that’s because they were surrounded by animals and that’s what they constantly saw.

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they painted i caves because it was the only shelter they had at the time and they wanted to document what they saw in life.

the paintings on the walls in caves of animals most of what they saw in life animals to warn people who visited about what’s around the area

this is important because they showed the animals and how they lived back then in those caves. from ethan sagastume

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Ethan Sagastume

they painted i caves because it was the only shelter they had at the time and they wanted to document what they saw in life.

the paintings on the walls in caves of animals most of what they saw in life animals to warn people who visited about what’s around the area

this is important because they showed the animals and how they lived back then in those caves

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Elias Babb

Prehistoric people painted mostly in caves because it provided them shelter from the harsh outside environment, they would paint animals and stick figures. For example the Apollo 11 Stones depicted crude figures of animals. These pieces could possibly demonstrate the fear and/or glorify these animals, and as for human depictions it could be a a way to indicate presence, that someone has been in that cave.

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Prehistoric people painted in caves to record their lives and surroundings. They did this because caves were their own space where their art could be protected. Most of the paintings showed animals, hunting scenes, or symbols that were important to their survival.

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Andres Juarez

Prehistoric people would mostly paint in caves as a rite of passage as well as to depict things that are important to them. One example of this is the “Hall of Bulls” in the cave network of Lascaux in France. People painted these bulls on the wall to show that they were important to them, since the bulls were those people’s main source of food. Cave paintings also commonly depict other people, which shows how early humans valued nature and their family or tribe.

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Fernando Rubio

prehistoric people painted mostly in caves because they gave shelter and protection for their art.
the caves kept the paintings safe and many showed animals like bison horses and mammoths that were important to their lives.
this is important because it shows how early humans expressed beliefs and ideas about survival and the world around them.

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Prehistoric people mostly painted in caves probably because the caves offered shelter and protection, helping the artwork last longer. The darkness and stillness of caves may have also made them feel special or sacred. Common things they painted included animals like bison, horses, and deer, as well as handprints and simple human figures. These images might have been connected to hunting, beliefs, or rituals.

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Alee Pilkinton

Prehistoric people painted mostly in caves because the walls were protected from weather so the art could last longer. Caves were also safe places to stay. Most of the paintings they made were of animals. They also painted handprints and a little human stick figures. The animals looked more detailed and realistic and the people were drawn basic.

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THey painted mainly in caves because that is were they rested and they mainly painted stories on what was going on in their life's.

They painted animals that lived around them or mainly the animals they ate.

This is important because the animals were their main food source.