Henri Breuil

He studied cave art in the Somme and Dordogne valleys as well as in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, China with Teilhard de Chardin, Ethiopia, British Somali Coast Protectorate, and especially southern Africa.

[5] He published many books and monographs, introducing the caves of Lascaux and Altamira to the general public and becoming a member of the Institut de France in 1938.

Breuil visited the excavations associated with Peking Man at Zhoukoudian, China in 1931 and confirmed the presence of stone tools at the site.

[citation needed] In 1929, when already a recognised authority on North African and European Stone Age art, he attended a congress on prehistory in South Africa.

Breuil's books contain valuable photographs and sketches of the art works at the sites he visited but are marred by official South African racism.