Primitive art: Neanderthals first painters

Updated February 23 2018 - 6:38am, first published 6:33am
Evidence from caves in Spain suggests the earliest rock paintings could be the work of Neanderthals.
Evidence from caves in Spain suggests the earliest rock paintings could be the work of Neanderthals.

The world's oldest known cave paintings were made by Neanderthals, not modern humans, suggesting our extinct cousins were far from being uncultured brutes.

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