Abstract: The paper explores and analyzes prehistoric European cliff Paintings in order to research the main forms and characteristics of the body movements of early European, finding that there are various body movements which can be divided into three main categories: hunting, dancing and fighting apart from the other forms of body movements such as farming, sacrifices and acrobatics. These body movements demonstrate a vivid picture of early European people’s basic life style and living skills, which play an important role in such people’s existence and development. These various body movements are also of great value to the origin of sports.

Key words: body movements, cliff painting rock art, Europe, origin of sports