Early Humans

In the caves, lighting was used used to illuminate different parts of the cave drawings, and to give them an impression of motion with the flickering. These paintings might've been used by primitive man to tell stories about their ancestors, and to honor spiritual beasts like the bison in a way that gave them movement with firelight. The Paleolithic artists who have studied the cave walls have determined that the two techniques used to create the drawings are juxtaposition of successive images and superposition. Juxtaposition refers to putting a similar image side by side to convey action like a comic strip, and superposition is when variations of an image are piled on top of one another to create a sense of motion. In my opinion, I think these images were used as a form of entertainment primarily for the younger population where they could gather by the fire at night, and hear stories from their elders.