In El Castillo cave, hand stencils join a red disk (not pictured) that may be Earth's oldest cave art. Photograph courtesy Pedro Saura via Science/AAAS
World's Oldest Cave Art Found—Made By Neanderthals? -- National Geographic
"It adds to evidence Neanderthals were not a distinct species," archaeologist says.
Prehistoric dots and crimson hand stencils on Spanish cave walls are now the world's oldest known cave art, according to new dating results—perhaps the best evidence yet that Neanderthals were Earth's first cave painters.
If that's the case, the discovery narrows the cultural distance between us and Neanderthals—and fuels the argument, at least for one scientist, that the heavy-browed humans were not a separate species but only another race.
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My Comment: Cave art that is tens of thousands of years old .... quite incredible when you think about it.
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