Ancient Cave Painters May Have Experienced Hallucinations, Study Finds

A new study has shed light on the conditions in which ancient cave painters created artworks. According to a report by CNN, researchers from Tel Aviv University focused on cave paintings in Europe have found that the painters chose some of the deepest and darkest parts of the caverns for their works.
The new research, published in Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, examined caves mostly in Spain and France from the Upper Paleolithic period, which spans 40,000 t