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La Préhistoire. Vérités et légendes. Photographie Volume V: Literarische Texte desThanks to advances in science (archaeology, DNA, etc.), fantasies are no longer appropriate when discussing prehistory. The daily lives, beliefs, diet, sexuality, and funeral rites of our ancestors hold virtually no secrets. Our view of our distant ancestors is changing. Gone are the days of the shaggy beast growling from the depths of a cave. Scientific breakthroughs have put an end to this caricature: instead, they reveal a plural, sensitive,