Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years

Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years

Child From World’s Oldest Burial Was Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens Hybrid

Maybe modern humans weren't the first to bury their dead after all.

Neanderthals may have created the first known symbolic art as scientists discover world’s oldest human fingerprint

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed a 43,000-year-old pebble bearing a Neanderthal fingerprint, potentially the oldest known. The red ocher mark, deliberately placed on the stone, suggests artistic expression and symbolic thought. This discovery challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal intelligence and their capacity for abstract thinking, adding to growing evidence of their symbolic behavior.

Ancient Neanderthal Fingerprint Found on Painted Rock – Could It Be Art?

Oldest known human fingerprint found on Neanderthal art