A discovery deep within a cave in Spain has challenged the history of human artistic expression. Researchers have determined that hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave are more than 66,000 years old, suggesting that Neanderthals, not modern humans, were the world's first artists.

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Neanderthals were making hand stencil rock art more than 66,000 years ago, U-series dating suggests

The hearth was found in a cave complex that had previously been shielded by sands for 40,000 years

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Archaeologists find hearth that Neanderthals may have used to make tar

Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London and the Catholic University of Leuven have conducted a study confirming that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) are separate species. This discovery, published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, sheds light on the complex process of speciation in human evolutionary history. The study is based on an analysis of morphological, ecological, genetic and temporal difference…

Ученые Лондонского музея естественной истории и Католического университета Левена провели исследование, подтверждающее, что неандертальцы и современные люди (Homo sapiens) являются отдельными видами. Это открытие, опубликованное в журнале Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, проливает свет на сложный процесс видообразования в эволюционной истории человека. Исследование основано на анализе морфологических, экологических, генетических и вр…

Неандертальцы подтверждены как отдельный вид человека

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Neanderthals confirmed as a separate human species

Officials confirmed authenticity of stone-age find

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Boy finds 60,000-year-old axe on beach * WorldNetDaily * by Mike LaChance, The Gateway Pundit

The 6-year-old boy found the rock and then didn't tell anyone for three years. But a new examination reveals it was made by some of the last Neanderthals.

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Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal ax

U-Th dating of associated carbonate crusts has been applied to date parietal art in Maltravieso cave, Extremadura, Spain. Known for its large collecti…

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The age of hand stencils in Maltravieso cave (Extremadura, Spain) established by U-Th dating, and its implications for the early development of art

Ancient hand stencils in Spain were made before modern humans reached Iberia.

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Iconic Prehistoric Hand Print Craze Was Likely A Neanderthal Invention

After Neanderthals diverged from humans, they spread toward Europe and Asia, taking up residence in caves and leaving behind traces of their lives that have intrigued researchers for years.

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Neanderthals Roamed Across Eurasia Before Modern Humans

The artifact is now on display at a museum in southern England. Experts say the find is "so rare that most qualified archaeologists would never find one themselves"

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A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal's Hand Ax

Findings from a cave in Gibraltar suggests Neandertals may have used complex fire structures to obtain adhesives from plants.

Neanderthals were making hand stencil rock art more than 66,000 years ago, U-series dating suggests

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