Check out this whole thread from Archaeologist @muckymaiya & friends:

Archaeologists think this spinning disc might be a children’s toy! It’s at least 14,000 years old. When you spin it, the two sides make it look like the deer is running. Delightful! #archaeology pic.twitter.com/Mby4b1lvBc

— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) February 9, 2018

Ancient kids’s toys have been hiding in the archaeological record

Some unusual finds from thousands of years ago are actually toys and children?s attempts at mimicking adult craftwork.

www.sciencenews.org

Also this 4,000 year old rattle from the ancient city of Kültepe Kaniş-Karum is pretty adorable https://t.co/Vt6aNw6QpL

— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) February 9, 2018

Yes, cave painters were animators too!

They did lots of sequential drawings showing the animals’ movement. So fluid.

This video by Marc Azema shows how they would look on film. And they did this 20,000+ years ago! https://t.co/b9dpQ2CsRu

— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) February 10, 2018

It was found in Dordogne in 1868, and similar ones have been found in the Pyrenees and northern Spain
– https://t.co/kgklrfDlGe
– https://t.co/hpRTFnnZF3

— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) February 10, 2018