The reading lists three considerations to indicate that the purpose of the cave paintings of Lascaux were to ensure a successful hunt. However, according to the listening, there is little actual support for it. First, the reading points out that those cave paintings include subject matter of animals known to have been hunted by the Paleolithic people, such as wounded large mammals and seasonal migrations of these animals. Nevertheless, the listening argues that many of the animals painted were not hunted such as rhinoceros and cats. Also, reindeer, known to be the most hunted animals, weren't painted at all. Moreover, only a small percentage of the animals are shown wounded by spears or arrows. so they cannot support the view that the cave paintings were specifically associated with hunting. Second, in view of the author, the human figures with animal heads were a convincing evidence because hunters in some traditional cultures are known to disguise themselves with animal heads so that they are not recognized by the animals they are hunting. But the listening also disputes this by saying that the human figures with the animal heads are shown in a horizontal position on their backs like they were sleeping rather than standing up. And the figures are not presented with other images that might help us interpret them. Third, the passage suggests that the cave paintings were created to ensure successful hunts because ancient hunters believed by depicting an event one can bring about its reality . Instead, according to the lecture, many cultures think the spirits of their ancestors live on in some animals around them, and people can communicate with ancestors’ spirits through ceremonies, in which images of the animals play an important role. So people created cave paintings for this purpose.