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Which material did Ice Age painters use for black?
Answer: Charcoal
Why: Charcoal is carbon, so black drawings made with it can be radiocarbon dated, as was done at Chauvet Cave.
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What is a picture carved into rock called?
Answer: Petroglyph
Why: Its near twin, the pictograph, is painted onto the rock instead of being cut into it.
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What is the Venus of Dolní Věstonice made of?
Answer: Fired clay
Why: Scans revealed a child's fingerprint fired into its surface, left by someone aged about 7 to 15.
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What did experts first dismiss Altamira's paintings as?
Answer: Forgeries
Why: A key doubt was the lack of soot on the ceiling, which Sautuola could not explain.
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Who painted the animals of Lascaux?
Answer: Homo sapiens
Why: Neanderthals had died out roughly 40,000 years ago, long before anyone painted the walls of Lascaux.
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Which animal is drawn 158 times in Rouffignac Cave?
Answer: Mammoth
Why: Visitors reach the drawings aboard an electric train that runs about 2 km into the cave.
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