Prehistoric people may have used light from fires to create dynamic art
When brought near flickering flames, stone engravings of animals seem to move
![image of a campfire](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/050622_ag_prehistoric-art_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Replicas of stones featuring animal engravings, which were excavated in southern France, are shown positioned around a fire. Researchers think prehistoric people would have placed them this way so flickering flames would create the illusion of moving images.
A. Needham et al/PLOS ONE 2022 (CC-BY 4.0)