Prehistoric Man Collection

The Ichthyosaur from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, 1860
GIA4751416 The Ichthyosaur from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, 1860 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration of Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Homo sapiens skulls

Cave painting of a mammoth, artwork
Cave painting of a mammoth. Artwork of a prehistoric cave drawing from the cave of Font-de Gaume, in the Dordogne region of France. It shows a mammoth (Elephas primigenius)

Neanderthal landscape, artwork
Neanderthal landscape. Artwork showing a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis, far right behind tree) watching grey wolves (Canis lupus, foreground)

Plesiosaur from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, 1860
GIA4751495 Plesiosaur from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, 1860 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cave painting of a boar, artwork
Cave painting of a boar. Artwork of a cave painting found on the roof of the Altamira Cave in northern Spain, which was inhabited during the the Upper Palaeolithic period

Prehistoric man, c.1880 (illustration)
8698400 Prehistoric man, c.1880 (illustration) by German School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: History. Prehistory. Bear hunting)

Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho)
8634860 Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric diet)

Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho)
8668714 Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The howling of a dog at night)

Prehistory: mammoth hunters using bows and arrows. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4859611 Prehistory: mammoth hunters using bows and arrows. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Prehistory: mammoth hunters using bows and arrows)

Prehistory: skull of a cromagnon male, European Upper Paleolithic Engraving 19th century Private collection
ELD4917760 Prehistory: skull of a cromagnon male, European Upper Paleolithic Engraving 19th century Private collection; (add.info.: Prehistory: skull of a cromagnon male)

Prehistory: skull of a male solutrean, age of the reindeer, upper paleolithic Engraving 19th century Private collection
ELD4917742 Prehistory: skull of a male solutrean, age of the reindeer, upper paleolithic Engraving 19th century Private collection; (add.info.: Prehistory: skull of a male solutrean)

Interior of a hut. Period of homo sapiens (Paleolithic)
THT4305976 Interior of a hut. Period of homo sapiens (Paleolithic).; (add.info.: Interior of a hut. Period of homo sapiens (Paleolithic).); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870
THT4305860 Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434791 Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877
JAB4121659 Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877
JAB4121629 Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Prehistory: Warriors in the Bronze Period
THT4429446 Prehistory: Warriors in the Bronze Period.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Warriors in the Bronze Period.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Skull of an early homo sapiens
3507255 Skull of an early homo sapiens; (add.info.: Skull of an early homo sapiens found in Eastern Europe.); Universal History Archive.

A meal: men eat the reindeer they have chased. Time of homo sapiens. Engraving from 1870
THT4305979 A meal: men eat the reindeer they have chased. Time of homo sapiens. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: A meal: men eat the reindeer they have chased. Time of homo sapiens)

Prehistory: agriculture. harvest at the iron era. Engraving from 1870
THT4305859 Prehistory: agriculture. harvest at the iron era. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: agriculture. harvest at the iron era. Engraving from 1870.); © Jacques Marthelot

Prehistory: The discovery of fire. Engraving from 1870
THT4305857 Prehistory: The discovery of fire. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The discovery of fire. Engraving from 1870.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age
THT4429461 Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Prehistory: Man at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4429458 Prehistory: Man at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Man at the time of the big bear and mammoth)

Prehistory: Man at the time of polished stone. Neolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4429455 Prehistory: Man at the time of polished stone. Neolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Man at the time of polished stone. Neolithic)

Prehistory: The reindeer hunt in the bronze era
THT4429451 Prehistory: The reindeer hunt in the bronze era.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The reindeer hunt in the bronze era.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Neanderthal skull
3499733 Neanderthal skull; (add.info.: Prehistory. Paleolithic. Mousterian. Neanderthal skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis). Middle Paleolithic (90000 BC-35000 BC). Museum of Natural History

The Dawn of Golf (engraving)
8672679 The Dawn of Golf (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dawn of Golf. Illustration from The Boy's Own Annual (London)

Yes, dear - sometimes the idea of marriage positively frightens me! (colour litho)
8656643 Yes, dear - sometimes the idea of marriage positively frightens me! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Yes)

Prehistoric navigation, rowing canoe with animal skin sailing
NWI4962592 Prehistoric navigation, rowing canoe with animal skin sailing.; (add.info.: Prehistoric navigation, rowing canoe with animal skin sailing.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Prehistoire, fire of a lake village. Engraving 1877
JAB4121656 Prehistoire, fire of a lake village. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistoire, fire of a lake village. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Painters and sculptors of Prehistory
JAB5037359 Painters and sculptors of Prehistory; (add.info.: Painters and sculptors of Prehistory); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Cro-magnon Man (print)
7420081 Cro-magnon Man (print); (add.info.: Early European modern humans, or Cro-Magnons. The first early modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe, migrating from Western Asia

Prehistory: The first weaver
THT4429453 Prehistory: The first weaver.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The first weaver.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Prehistory: prehistoric men finding refuge in the caves where they are busy with daily stains (fur of hunted beets)
NWI4863419 Prehistory: prehistoric men finding refuge in the caves where they are busy with daily stains (fur of hunted beets)

Prehistory: discovered the manufacture of fire by prehistoric men homo erectus (homo-erectus) using wood friction
NWI4863397 Prehistory: discovered the manufacture of fire by prehistoric men homo erectus (homo-erectus) using wood friction

Prehistory, construction of canoes. Engraving 1877
JAB4121666 Prehistory, construction of canoes. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistory, construction of canoes. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Friction fire production using a bow, a method used by prehistoric men. Colour reproduction (halftone)
NWI4954655 Friction fire production using a bow, a method used by prehistoric men. Colour reproduction (halftone) of a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Friction fire production using a bow)

Prehistory: family and tools in the era of reindeer. Period of homo sapiens (Paleolithic). Engraving from 1870
THT4305971 Prehistory: family and tools in the era of reindeer. Period of homo sapiens (Paleolithic). Engraving from 1870; (add.info.: Prehistory: family and tools in the era of reindeer)

Prehistory: A cave at night, at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4305853 Prehistory: A cave at night, at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: A cave at night)

Prehistory: The mammoth hunt in the Stone Age
THT4305848 Prehistory: The mammoth hunt in the Stone Age.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The mammoth hunt in the Stone Age.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Prehistory: The culture of gardens in the bronze era
THT4429452 Prehistory: The culture of gardens in the bronze era.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The culture of gardens in the bronze era.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Prehistory: The hunt at the time of polished stone. Era of the Neolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4429462 Prehistory: The hunt at the time of polished stone. Era of the Neolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The hunt at the time of polished stone. Era of the Neolithic)

Prehistoric men spear weapons on the lookout for a glyptodon, a battleship mammal of the family Glyptodontidae
FLO4638984 Prehistoric men spear weapons on the lookout for a glyptodon, a battleship mammal of the family Glyptodontidae, apparent to the current armadillo

Prehistory: Shelter under rock, habitation of man, in the era of reindeer. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4305840 Prehistory: Shelter under rock, habitation of man, in the era of reindeer. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Shelter under rock, habitation of man)

Fossils: human skull of Furfooz cave (Belgium), auroch and bear skulls, skeleton of lazy giant
FLO4694264 Fossils: human skull of Furfooz cave (Belgium), auroch and bear skulls, skeleton of lazy giant and woolly rhinoceros - Chromolithography of Geology and Paleontology by Friedrich Rolle

Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era. 1870 engraving
THT4429465 Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era. 1870 engraving.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era)

Prehistory: A pottery workshop at the time of polished stone. Age of the Neolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4429459 Prehistory: A pottery workshop at the time of polished stone. Age of the Neolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: A pottery workshop at the time of polished stone)

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of Prehistoric Man: A Journey Through Time" Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of prehistoric man. 🌍🦴 Delve into the depths of our ancient past with illustrations showcasing the evolution of our species. From Australopithecus to Homo habilis and finally Homo sapiens, witness how we evolved over millions of years. Marvel at cave paintings that bring mammoths to life, capturing their majesty and importance in prehistoric societies. These artworks provide a glimpse into the minds and skills of our ancestors. Discover creatures long extinct, such as the Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur, through detailed engravings from 1860. These marine reptiles once roamed Earth's oceans, leaving behind a legacy etched in history. Immerse yourself in Neanderthal landscapes depicted by talented artists. Step into their world as they navigate harsh environments alongside other now-extinct animals like boars. Witness Mesolithic art come alive with stylized-naturalistic depictions like a phallic dance mural painting. Explore how early humans expressed themselves through artistic expression. Visit Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil's Cro-Magnon rock shelter renowned for its cave systems adorned with captivating paintings and hominid remains. Experience firsthand what life was like for our distant ancestors. Travel further back to the beginning of the Iron Age where stilt-house settlements thrived amidst scenes of war captured in engravings from "La nature et l'homme. " Gain insight into their daily lives filled with both triumphs and challenges. Finally, marvel at mesmerizing Mesolithic rock art from Spain depicting deer and goats dating back thousands of years ago. Witness how these ancient civilizations celebrated nature through intricate carvings on stone surfaces. Join us on this extraordinary journey through time as we unravel mysteries left behind by prehistoric man – an era that shaped the very foundations of our existence.