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Stag from the Caves of Altamira, c.15,000 BC (cave painting)
Stag from the Caves of Altamira, c.15,000 BC (cave painting)

XIR42412: Stag from the Caves of Altamira, c.15,000 BC (cave painting), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Figurine of a small boar, from Tappeh Sarab, Iran, c.6th millennium BC (clay)
Figurine of a small boar, from Tappeh Sarab, Iran, c.6th millennium BC (clay)

BOO178052: Figurine of a small boar, from Tappeh Sarab, Iran, c.6th millennium BC (clay), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Dome of the Main Chamber, Newgrange Passage Tomb, c.3200 BC (photo)
Dome of the Main Chamber, Newgrange Passage Tomb, c.3200 BC (photo)

STF257291: Dome of the Main Chamber, Newgrange Passage Tomb, c.3200 BC (photo), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Axes belonging to the Catalan Grave Culture, 2800-2500BC (stone)
Axes belonging to the Catalan Grave Culture, 2800-2500BC (stone)

AIS291978: Axes belonging to the Catalan Grave Culture, 2800-2500BC (stone), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Bulls room: detail head of bull. Montignac. Lascaux cave.
Bulls room: detail head of bull. Montignac. Lascaux cave.

JEB4950702: Bulls room: detail head of bull. Montignac. Lascaux cave., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Double sepulture of adults and children. Detail of the funeral trousseau from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Mesolithic, 7000-6000 BC.(photography)
Double sepulture of adults and children. Detail of the funeral trousseau from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Mesolithic, 7000-6000 BC.(photography)

LRI4649656: Double sepulture of adults and children. Detail of the funeral trousseau from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Mesolithic, 7000-6000 BC.(photography), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Covered entrance to a tumulus (photo)
Covered entrance to a tumulus (photo)

XIR169130: Covered entrance to a tumulus (photo), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Vessel with a ribbon-style decoration, from Belloye-sur-Somme, Danubian Neolithic, c.3500 BC (terracotta)
Vessel with a ribbon-style decoration, from Belloye-sur-Somme, Danubian Neolithic, c.3500 BC (terracotta)

XMN223439: Vessel with a ribbon-style decoration, from Belloye-sur-Somme, Danubian Neolithic, c.3500 BC (terracotta), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Vase from the necropolis of Caolino al Sasso di Furbara,  Stone Age. Neolithic. (terracotta)
Vase from the necropolis of Caolino al Sasso di Furbara,  Stone Age. Neolithic. (terracotta)

LRI4649552: Vase from the necropolis of Caolino al Sasso di Furbara, Stone Age. Neolithic. (terracotta), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Pierced shell used as a whistle, from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Middle Neolithic, Stone Age.
Pierced shell used as a whistle, from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Middle Neolithic, Stone Age.

LRI4649696: Pierced shell used as a whistle, from the Cavern of the White sands (Arene Candide). Middle Neolithic, Stone Age., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Fossil of the bird Archaeopteryx (Lithography)
Fossil of the bird Archaeopteryx (Lithography)

LRI4632867: Fossil of the bird Archaeopteryx (Lithography), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Skull of a pre-neanderthal Homo Sapiens, found in Steinheim an der Murr. Lower Paleolithic. (fossil)
Skull of a pre-neanderthal Homo Sapiens, found in Steinheim an der Murr. Lower Paleolithic. (fossil)

LRI4649140: Skull of a pre-neanderthal Homo Sapiens, found in Steinheim an der Murr. Lower Paleolithic. (fossil), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Bone harpoon used for fishing. Culture of the Magdalenian, Upper Paleolithic.
Bone harpoon used for fishing. Culture of the Magdalenian, Upper Paleolithic.

LRI4649185: Bone harpoon used for fishing. Culture of the Magdalenian, Upper Paleolithic., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Ovate bannerstone, North American Archaic period, 2000-1000 BC (slate)
Ovate bannerstone, North American Archaic period, 2000-1000 BC (slate)

DBP422874: Ovate bannerstone, North American Archaic period, 2000-1000 BC (slate), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Seated female figure, 3500-2500 BC (stone)
Seated female figure, 3500-2500 BC (stone)

XIR181021: Seated female figure, 3500-2500 BC (stone), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Human figures and animals (rock painting)
Human figures and animals (rock painting)

GDG267377: Human figures and animals (rock painting), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Lithic manufacture biface of Micoquian type. Lower paleolithic.
Lithic manufacture biface of Micoquian type. Lower paleolithic.

LRI4649201: Lithic manufacture biface of Micoquian type. Lower paleolithic., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Stone Age: shells necklace from the cave of Polesine
Stone Age: shells necklace from the cave of Polesine

LRI4649524: Stone Age: shells necklace from the cave of Polesine, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old
France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old

PFH1773824: France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Bull, with Deer and Horse, Upper Paleolithic, from the Cave of Lascaux, France, c.17.000-15.000 BC (painting)
Bull, with Deer and Horse, Upper Paleolithic, from the Cave of Lascaux, France, c.17.000-15.000 BC (painting)

IBE5366559: Bull, with Deer and Horse, Upper Paleolithic, from the Cave of Lascaux, France, c.17.000-15.000 BC (painting), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Skull of the Neanderthal Man, discovered in Germany in 1856.
Skull of the Neanderthal Man, discovered in Germany in 1856.

GIA4701075: Skull of the Neanderthal Man, discovered in Germany in 1856., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Piltdown's man: the skull of a primitive man, a link in the chain of evolution between monkey and man discovered by Woodward and Dawson. One of the multiple copies of the skull kept at the Natural History Museum in Milan.
Piltdown's man: the skull of a primitive man, a link in the chain of evolution between monkey and man discovered by Woodward and Dawson. One of the multiple copies of the skull kept at the Natural History Museum in Milan.

GIA4699596: Piltdown's man: the skull of a primitive man, a link in the chain of evolution between monkey and man discovered by Woodward and Dawson. One of the multiple copies of the skull kept at the Natural History Museum in Milan., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Nordic bronze age: couple embracing, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden, 1800-500 BC
Nordic bronze age: couple embracing, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden, 1800-500 BC

LRI4641049: Nordic bronze age: couple embracing, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden, 1800-500 BC, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Nordic bronze age: plow pulled by an ox, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden 1800-500 BC
Nordic bronze age: plow pulled by an ox, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden 1800-500 BC

LRI4641065: Nordic bronze age: plow pulled by an ox, rock carvings in Tanum, Sweden 1800-500 BC, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Fossil of Seymouria Bayolorensis amphibian reptile from Texas.
Fossil of Seymouria Bayolorensis amphibian reptile from Texas.

LRI4632907: Fossil of Seymouria Bayolorensis amphibian reptile from Texas., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Prehistoric Art: 'Bison getting up' Sculpture in reindeer wood from the shelter of the Madeleine in Dordogne, 11000 BC (wood)
Prehistoric Art: 'Bison getting up' Sculpture in reindeer wood from the shelter of the Madeleine in Dordogne, 11000 BC (wood)

JLJ4570327: Prehistoric Art: 'Bison getting up' Sculpture in reindeer wood from the shelter of the Madeleine in Dordogne, 11000 BC (wood), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Lamp decorated with an ibex, from the Dordogne, c.12000 BC (stone)
Lamp decorated with an ibex, from the Dordogne, c.12000 BC (stone)

XIR194773: Lamp decorated with an ibex, from the Dordogne, c.12000 BC (stone), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Sgomber Speciosus fish fossil from the site of Mount Bolca (Italy).
Sgomber Speciosus fish fossil from the site of Mount Bolca (Italy).

LRI4632832: Sgomber Speciosus fish fossil from the site of Mount Bolca (Italy)., Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon skull from Chancelade. Magdalenian culture. Upper Paleolithic. 15000 BC. (fossil)
Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon skull from Chancelade. Magdalenian culture. Upper Paleolithic. 15000 BC. (fossil)

LRI4649132: Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon skull from Chancelade. Magdalenian culture. Upper Paleolithic. 15000 BC. (fossil), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Stone Age: bone necklace, from the cave of Polesine
Stone Age: bone necklace, from the cave of Polesine

LRI4649522: Stone Age: bone necklace, from the cave of Polesine, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Prehistory: “” Venus de Grimaldi”” Figurines of yellow and green steatite mereen goddesses dating from the Upper Paleolithic. Dim. 6 cm Saint Germain en Laye, Museum of Antiquities
Prehistory: “” Venus de Grimaldi”” Figurines of yellow and green steatite mereen goddesses dating from the Upper Paleolithic. Dim. 6 cm Saint Germain en Laye, Museum of Antiquities

LRI4658241: Prehistory: “” Venus de Grimaldi”” Figurines of yellow and green steatite mereen goddesses dating from the Upper Paleolithic. Dim. 6 cm Saint Germain en Laye, Museum of Antiquities, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old
France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old

PFH1773826: France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old
France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old

PFH1773831: France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Rock art of Prehistory: cave with trace of hands. Neolithic Period, Cave of the Hands. Argentina, Santa Cruz
Rock art of Prehistory: cave with trace of hands. Neolithic Period, Cave of the Hands. Argentina, Santa Cruz

IBE5339033: Rock art of Prehistory: cave with trace of hands. Neolithic Period, Cave of the Hands. Argentina, Santa Cruz, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Female Figurine, late fifth millenium (clay & pigment)
Female Figurine, late fifth millenium (clay & pigment)

TBM342288: Female Figurine, late fifth millenium (clay & pigment), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

Prehistory: reindeer harpoons used for fishing. Realized during the Magdalenian period. 17000-11000 BC (wood)
Prehistory: reindeer harpoons used for fishing. Realized during the Magdalenian period. 17000-11000 BC (wood)

JLJ4654714: Prehistory: reindeer harpoons used for fishing. Realized during the Magdalenian period. 17000-11000 BC (wood), Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images


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