The artifacts tell us that the early humans relied on hunting to survive. That is why some of the cave paintings show something holding a spear or some kind of weapon. The cave paintings also show an animal being hunted by a man, or sometimes something that looks half man, and half animal. There are also statues of animals which were probably used for religious purposes. Also, there are early stone tools that humans used before they discovered metals. They used cryptocrystalline minerals such as flint, chert, or basalt.
The paint that the early humans used was made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat. Also, the painters used whatever materials were at hand such as; the minerals limonite and hematite, red ochre, yellow ochre and umber, charcoal from the fire, burnt bones and white from grounded calcite. Some of the brushes were made from animal tails, moss, or human hair. They also used hollow bones to blow paint through. This made a softer texture of paint that was used for animal fur on the paintings.
The stone tools that the early humans used were made from flint, chert, basalt, ect. They used hammerstones to slowly chip off bit by bit of the flint to shape the weapon/tool. They made all kinds of weapons and tools. They made arrowheads, spearpoints, hand axes and much more. They also made knives to skin their game. I think that they planted crops, because they also made sickles.
