Post 1: Palaeolithic Art and Religion

Upon first reading "Palaeolithic Art and Religion" I was a bit perplexed as to how the Palaeolithic's history and cave drawings related to religion.  It got me thinking, is there a distinction between religion and culture? Can the two co-exist, or do the two diverge?  It almost seemed as though finding a connection to religion was force.  I feel that religion is something a lot of people look to for security.  It's a way of ensuring ourselves that we can answer the unanswerable: i.e. Where do we come from? Why do we exist? Too me it seemed the images almost had no religious context whatsoever.