Pleistocene Cave Art

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Shifted from the thread "The Evolution of Man":

Spain (the country of Pablo Picasso) has the oldest known works of art in the World (cave-art to be more precise), dating back to the age of our long-lost cousins, the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis), at about 65,000 years ago: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/...n-science/

In a cave in Spain, scientists found this ladder shape made of red horizontal and vertical lines. The artwork dates to more than 64,000 years ago, suggesting that it was created by Neanderthals. Photograph by P. Saura:
   

A closer view of the red ladder shape, painted on the wall of a cave in Spain. Photograph by C. D. Standish, A. W. G. Pike and D. L. Hoffmann:
   

A drawing of the art shows animals and other symbols around the ladder shape. It's still unclear if they date to the same time, or were painted later. Photograph by Breuil et al.:
   

A hand stencil on another cave wall in Spain has been dated to at least 66,000 years ago, strongly suggesting that it was left by a Neanderthal. Photograph by H. Collado:
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