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7 haunting caves ancient humans used for art, burials and butchering

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Lascaux cave in France contains about 680 painted frescoes and 1,500 engravings that were created around 21,000 years ago .

Zhoukoudian caves in China contain remains of our ancestor H. erectus .

The caves of Atapuerca in Spain were used by people from nearly 1 million years ago to modern times.

The cave of Altamira in Spain was used by humans roughly 36,000 to 13,000 years ago .

The cave is about 885 feet ( 270 meters ) long and contains a vast amount of rock art.

Perhaps the most remarkable example is a ceiling with colorful paintings depicting 25 bison that are up to 5.6 feet ( 1.7 m) in length.