Well good, it will give the Spanish something to do while they wait out the coming depression in their caves.
CAVES OF ALTAMIRA - Steely Dan
I recall when I was small
How I spent my days alone
The busy world was not for me
So I went and found my own
I would climb the garden wall
With a candle in my hand
I’d hide inside a hall of rock and sand
On the stone an ancient hand
In a faded yellow-green
Made alive a worldly wonder
Often told but never seen
Now and ever bound to labor
On the sea and in the sky
Every man and beast appeared
A friend as real as I
CHORUS:
Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall
When there wasn’t even any Hollywood
They heard the call
And they wrote it on the wall
For you and me we understood
Can it be this sad design
Could be the very same
A wooly man without a face
And a beast without a name
Nothin’ here but history
Can you see what has been done
Memory rush over me
Now I step into the sun
IBTAAG
It’s just speculation at this point that the paintings were by Neanderthals. They may have survived as late as 25,000 B.C. in some locations including the Iberian peninsula, but modern humans were already in Europe long before then, so these paintings could be by modern humans like the more elaborate cave paintings of later date.
One of yours?