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T ere are more symbols than images of animals and people. T ere’s something else, too.


I’ve only found 32 diff erent symbols. T ey This


handprint was made by spraying iron oxide over a hand pressed to the wall.


are repeated over and over again. T ey cover a time period of more than 30,000 years.


Why did ice age people leave these symbols behind? What do they mean? I don’t know.


T ese are the questions that keep me looking for every symbol I can fi nd. I want to understand them.


Were these shapes used to record or count something?


PIIONEER ONEER


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