Nova

Season 2 Episode 6: The Men Who Painted Caves

51 Seasons Dec 08, 1974 TV-PG 55m 8.7

Just why did Cro-Magnon man living in France's Dordogne Valley some 15,000 years ago take time out from the desperate business of survival to paint pictures in inaccessible corners of his cave dwellings? NOVA joins French and American archeologists as they piece together the lifestyle of these hunters of the last great Ice Age, and try to interpret the meaning of their cave art.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Why Do Birds Sing?

1. Why Do Birds Sing?

Aired: Nov 3, 1974

NOVA travels to forests and marshes to discover why birds sing and finds surp...

Episode 4 The Secrets of Sleep

4. The Secrets of Sleep

Aired: Nov 24, 1974

Most of us spend one-third of our lives in a state of which we understand rem...

Episode 7 Red Sea Coral

7. Red Sea Coral

Aired: Dec 15, 1974

NOVA joins a group of English biologists living literally on a platform in th...

Episode 12 The Lysenko Affair

12. The Lysenko Affair

Aired: Feb 9, 1975

NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early ...

Episode 13 The Tuaregs

13. The Tuaregs

Aired: Feb 16, 1975

High in the Hoggar Mountains, in the exact center of the Sahara desert, lives...

Episode 15 The Other Way

15. The Other Way

Aired: Mar 16, 1975

Since the Industrial Revolution, bigger has been better. NOVA profiles E.F. S...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary