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Patterns of dots thought to be star maps and what appears to be an attempt to populate the heavens with figures representing constellations in the form of animals have been discovered at a number of prehistoric sites in various parts of the world. They show an amazing sophistication of thought in our distant ancestors, proving that they were immensely observant of the world around them and the skies above their heads.

Wonderful scenes like this – brilliant Venus and ruddy Mars in Scorpius, rising over the French Alps – have been witnessed by human eyes for countless millennia.