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Are cave paintings the origins of the animated gif?
Cave paintings, designed to be viewed with a flickering torch, could be the original gif. 'This idea of animating the animals around us goes back as far as human beings creating images at all.' Anh Xiao Mina, artist and designer, explains.
Image: A facsimile of a painting from the Lascaux caves Credit: Jean Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images
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