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Were prehistoric cave paintings actually drawn by women?

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 17, 2013
A cave painting from Lascaux, France
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Were prehistoric cave paintings actually drawn by women?

Academics have long agreed that the detailed paintings of epic hunts and battles found on the inside of caves were mostly created by men. But a new analysis of the hand prints found on the paintings is raising some questions about the gender of the artists.

Dean Snow, a Penn State archaeologist, suggests that ancient cave painting was actually a woman's job.