A new study of cave art across France - in which animals appear to have multiple limbs, heads and tails - has found that the paintings are actually primitive attempts at animation.

A group of European tourism ministers check out a replica of the ancient caveman paintings in the Altamira caves in 2002. ((Victor Fraile/Reuters) ) A Spanish cave complex boasting prized ...

Prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals, such as this bull in the famous cave paintings of Lascaux, France, more frequently than modern artists. Image via Horvath et ...