Prehistoric people may have used light from fires to create dynamic art
When brought near flickering flames, stone engravings of animals seem to move
Replicas of stones featuring animal engravings, which were excavated in southern France, are shown positioned around a fire. Researchers think prehistoric people would have placed them this way so flickering flames would create the illusion of moving images.
A. Needham et al/PLOS ONE 2022 (CC-BY 4.0)