Neanderthal paintings can be seen in a cave in Pasiega, Spain in this photo obtained February 22, 2018. Univeristy of Southampton/Handout via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest known cave paintings were made by Neanderthals, not modern humans, suggesting our extinct cousins were far from being uncultured brutes.
A high-tech analysis of cave art at three Spanish sites, published on Thursday, dates the paintings to at least 64,800 years ago, or 20,000 years before modern humans arrived in Europe from Africa.
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