Scientists Discover 64,000-Year-Old Paintings, but They Weren’t Created by Humans…

 Abstract Art

All of the cave paintings at the three sites are abstract in nature. There are Neanderthal handprints, red dots set in patterns and geometric shapes. Professor Stringer told the BBC that these new discoveries show that Neanderthals were certainly able to think symbolically. “[The discoveries] further narrow any perceived behavioral gap between the Neanderthals and us,” the professor asserted.

 

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