Provides an illustrated account of how four boys, Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel, discovered the ancient paintings in the cave of Lascaux in the south of France in 1940 while searching for treasure.
While living in a river valley in southern France during the Upper Paleolithic era, thirteen-year-old Anooka rejects the ways of her clan and sets out to make another kind of life for herself.
Photographs and text profile the Chauvet Cave in France's Ardeche Valley, which contains the oldest known drawings by humans, dating more than 35,000 years old.
Discusses the paintings on the walls of Lascaux Cave in France including the cave's discovery, its significance, and the efforts to preserve the paintings themselves.
A young Cro-Magnon boy living 15,000 years ago in southeastern France is initiated into manhood by his clan and sets off on a journey to trade his valuable fire rocks for an ivory spear thrower.
