Intersections of Art and Science

Neanderthals Made Some Of Europe’s Oldest Art

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View from Gorham’s Cave. Gorham’s Cave is located on the south-east face of Gibraltar. Photo source: ©© John Cummings

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Criss-cross patterns deep in a Gibraltan cave suggest that the species had minds capable of abstract artistic expression.

Archaeologists uncovered the engravings in Gorham’s Cave, a site overlooking the Mediterranean Sea…

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