Here’s something to shut you off in mid-scroll: deliberate cave paintings in France have just been dated back at least 57,000 years old and were not created by Homo sapiens. Under over 30 feet of ...
Discoveries of uncontrovertibly old artworks from the caves and rockshelters of Europe soon dispelled their doubts. But what of the Neanderthals; an ancient, large-brained sister group to our own ...
If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.
Discovered in a rock shelter in central Spain in July 2022, the stone measures more than eight inches long and more than four inches wide. Álvarez-Alonso et al. / Archaeological and Anthropological ...
A remarkable yellow crayon unearthed in Crimea, still sharp after more than 40,000 years, indicates that painting lines on objects was part of Neanderthal culture. This discovery is the firmest ...
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The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 ...
Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...