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Prehistory Paragraph

Lascaux

Estimated to be 16,000 years old, this is an image from the Lascaux Cave in Southwestern France near the village of Montignac. Four teenage boys discovered the cave in September 1940, and for about a decade the site was a major tourist attraction, but the cave was closed to visitors in 1963 in an effort to preserve the fragile ecology of the cave. It has been a real struggle for the French to preserve the cave and its images intact. See The Cave of Lascaux. There is now an exact duplicate available for visitors to observe. Most of the drawings in the cave are of large animals, and most of the drawings are arranged in comic-strip fashion, from left to right, to tell the story of successful hunts. Photo Credit.

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After reading the textbook assignment for this unit, write a paragraph that answers the following question.

According to the textbook, what were some of the characteristic phases of development of pre-historical humanity?

Please make sure that you read the short notes on pre-history first.

Your paragraph must follow this format.

Please take a moment to review Charlie's History Writing Center(See the tutorial on the one-page paper and the paper examples.) for specific information on the writing requirements for the assignments in the course. There is also a good example of a one-page paper available that will show you how to structure your paper. Please check this short explanation of what it means to cite historical evidence.

Your assignment should be submitted on Canvas.