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> Lascaux where they closed off the cave completely and only allow tourists near the modern reconstruction.

Video by Tom Scott, that talks about the similar Chauvet cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zJbi9YatcA

Poignant explanation of why such pre-historic art is important:

> It shows that they have a life, they do have culture, they do have art as we do today. They may not have done it for the very same reason, but they do have it. And it shows that they do not just merely survive, they live.



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