Oldest Neanderthal cave engravings ever are discovered in France — and they date back 75,000 Years

Daily Mail ^ | Thursday, June 22, 2023 | Xantha Leatham

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A team from the University of Tours analyzed marks found on a wall in La Roche-Cotard cave in the French region of Centre-Val de Loire.

Based on these engravings' shape, spacing and arrangement, the team concluded they were deliberate, organized and intentional shapes created by Neanderthal fingers drawing making indents on a soft surface.

By analyzing sediment found at the site, they worked out that the cave had become closed off around 57,000 years ago as rocks and debris filled it up.

Writing in the journal Plos One, the team said this dates the 'finger fluting' to well before Homo sapiens became established in the region.

This, combined with the fact that stone tools within the cave are associated with Neanderthals, is strong evidence that these engravings are the work of Neanderthals, they said.

By studying layers of rock, they said the engravings could have even been made as far back as 75,000 years ago.

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Video

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks algore.

• Neanderthal Flute [09/11/2005]

[blueunicorn6]

Have Nancy Pelosi interpret them.

She was around back then.

[Larry Lucido]

Who knew? Neanderthals were Vandals.

[BradyLS]

Don’t let the “preservation volunteers” near them.

[Dead Corpse]

Translated:

Eat at Joe’s

Kilroy was here

FJB

[bigbob]

“Damn kids!”

[NWFree]

Okay that’s really old unlike the last ones

[NWFree]

I watched the video and changed my mind there’s nothing there but wishful thinking I was expecting to see the Virgin Mary pop up any second. It’s a sham

[No name given]

Good idea.

[Red Badger]

Don not eat ze yellow snow...................

[SunkenCiv]

No, it’s not a sham.

[Dead Corpse]

Homo Erectus is a bug eater

Meet hot and single Sapiens in your area

[Red Badger]

You cave warranty is about to expire..................

[SuperLuminal]

Yep!
Now we know the genesis of all the artwork on railroad freight cars...
Danged Neanderthals are still with us...

[Boogieman]

“For a good time, yell out for ‘Ugg of the Hill People’”

[Kahuna]

Let me guess? They all voted for Biden in 2020.

[Sirius Lee]

the team said this dates the 'finger fluting' to well before Homo sapiens became established in the region.

Ah, a gropey joe biden production.

[Salman]

The very first French artists. :)

[Deplorable American1776]

It says: ‘The 2020AD election was won by Donald Trump!’