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Study Reveals That Hand Silhouettes Found In Spain Are The Oldest Cave Paintings In The World — And Were Made By Neanderthals 66,000 Years Ago
The Maltravieso cave in Cáceres, Spain, is famous for the 71 prehistoric hand paintings ... that the paintings in Spain may indeed be the first example of Neanderthal art ever discovered.
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Experts Say Iconic Prehistoric Hand Stencils Were a Neandertal Innovation, May Have Used It for “Ritual or Cultic” Purposes
A cave in Spain revealed what was identified as the oldest cave art to be discovered, as it could not be the work of modern humans. The paintings of animals, hand stencils, and other drawings were ...
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Artists of Prehistory - The Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France is a jewel of prehistoric art. When it was discovered in December 1994, it amazed the world with its vivid cave paintings, believed to be over 30,000 ...