Neanderthal: The First Artist

Visual art is thought by many to have emerged about 30,000 years ago from the minds and hands of our ancestor, homo sapiens. But a recent discovery in the Touraine region of France could shake these certainties. At the end of an unknown cave, La Roche Cotard, prehistorians have identified some surprising engravings. How old are these unusual drawings? Could they have been made by Neanderthal men?

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