First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 as Cave Art

ISBN 978-0-500-20435-1
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On the cover: 15,500-year-old cave painting of a bison in the Salon Noir, Niaux Cave, French Pyrenees.
Photo: Pascal Goetgheluck / Science Photo Library