Observations
Oldest Cave Paintings May Be Creations of Neandertals, Not Modern Humans
June 14th, 2012 |
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In a cave in northwestern Spain called El Castillo, ancient artists decorated a stretch of limestone wall with dozens of depictions of human hands. They seem to have made the images by pressing a hand to the wall and then blowing red pigment on it, creating a sort of stencil. Hand stencils are a common [...]
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