The multicolored cascades of prey and predator animals -- bison, deer, bears ... The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago ...

Many of the motifs depict animals: female red deer, wild horses and now-extinct ... Determining the age of cave art is delicate work. Ruiz-Redondo and his team are awaiting a full laboratory ...

Probably back to the earliest times people have been creating images of wildlife, deer have been one of the constants. As far back as the cave paintings of Lascaux in France, which date to somewhere ...