In the publication offered to the reader on rich material, nature is revealed, the genesis and evolution of human intellectual activity, which has survived in the material remnants and traces of paleoart, and also tells of the unique ensembles of the French and Spanish caves of Troyes Freir and Nio, Lyasko and Ruffignac, the content of bas-reliefs in Angle-sur-Anglain and La Magdelen is analyzed, the composition of the Great Ceiling of Altamira is interpreted in a new way, the technique and technology of clay sculpture in Montespan and Tyuk d'Oduber is revealed.