Recent analysis of rock art in a Spanish cave has revealed that Neanderthals were creating abstract images and engravings at least 64,000 years ago, a time before modern humans had even arrived in ...

The video explains how Cro-Magnon humans spread into Europe, met Neanderthals, and left evidence such as tools, clothing and ...

Neanderthals inhabited western Eurasia from about 400,000 years ago until their extinction about 40,000 years ago and have often been caricatured as the archetypal "cavemen." Questions about their ...

Learn why Neanderthals were likely stronger than us, and that they likely weren't brutes.

This is the oldest known human fingerprint. Archaeologists found it on ancient Neanderthal artwork in Spain. Image via Samuel Miralles-Mosquera/ Policía Científica/ The Conversation. A unique ...

A discovery deep within a cave in Spain has challenged the history of human artistic expression. Researchers have determined that hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave are more than 66,000 years old, ...

Scientists analyzed ochre tools from Ukraine and Crimea, revealing Neanderthals shaped them with artistic intent. Modified ochre fragments show signs of grinding, scoring, and deliberate design, ...

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The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 ...