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Cave Art Dates Back to Neanderthals

Earliest work more than 40K years old

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 14, 2012 5:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Our ancestors were artists far earlier than experts had believed, new dating techniques reveal. Paintings in El Castillo cave in northwestern Spain are at least 40,800 years old—the oldest ever found, and ancient enough that Neanderthals could have painted them. That would come...   Read full story »

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