THE EARLIEST KNOWN ARTIFACTS DEPICTING MOTION IN ART INCLUDE A 5200 YEAR OLD BOWL FOUND IN IRAN AND A 4000 YEAR OLD EGYPTIAN BURIAL MURAL. THERE ARE ALSO MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF PALEOLITHIC CAVE PAINTINGS DEPICTING MOTION FOUND THROUGHOUT EURASIA. ANIMATION, LIKE AGRICULTURE, WAS DEVELOPED IN MULTIPLE AREAS INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER, AND CLAIMING THAT IT WAS A MODERN INVENTION OF THE WEST IGNORES THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF ART HISTORY.