ldquo;If you love mysteries; yoursquo;ll love this book. Genevieve von Petzinger acts as guide and sleuth in this fascinating; accessible; and fast-paced exploration of Ice Age artists and the evocative cave paintings they left behindrdquo; (Virginia Morell; author of Animal Wise and Ancestral Passions).In an adventure worthy of Indiana Jones; archeologist von Petzinger explores the little-known geometric cave art of our ancient ancestorsmdash;perhaps the first form of human written communication and a key to unlocking some of the mysteries of our ancient past. These ldquo;remarkablerdquo; (Jean Auel; author of the bestselling Earthrsquo;s Children series) findings ldquo;may represent one of the most extraordinary scientific insights of our timerdquo; (Wade Davis; author of The Serpent and the Rainbow). Join von Petzinger as she travels throughout Europe and attempts to crack the code of these strange symbols; which persisted virtually unchanged for some 30;000 years. Clearly meaningful to their creators; these geometric signs are one of the first indicators of our human ancestorsrsquo; intelligence and capacity for symbolic meaning and languagemdash;glimpses across millennia of an ancient consciousness linked to our own. Part travel journal; part popular science; and part personal narrative; this groundbreaking investigation explores what makes us human; how we evolved as a species; and how this cave art laid the foundation for so much of the technology that we enjoy today.
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