Gorham's
Cave, where the 'art' was discovered Photo by
Wikimedia Commons / Gibmetal77
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Few days ago, a team of archaeologists found the first known examples of Neanderthal rock art inside Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar, southwestern tip of Europe.
The newest archaeological finding, according to
the scientists, is crucial as it indicates that ancient and modern share creative link with their extinct humans, particularly in abstract expression.
The ancient art of a series of lines scratched
into rock in a cave, according to the finding, could be proof that Neanderthals
were more intelligent and creative than earlier speculated.
.Released by the journal Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, the latest rock art finding examines grooves in a
rock that had been covered with sediment. Archaeologists had previously found
artifacts associated with Neanderthal culture in the overlying layer,
suggesting that the engravings must be older, said Clive Finlayson, one of the
study's authors.
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