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Oldest Neanderthal cave engravings ever are discovered in France — and they date back 75,000 Years
Daily Mail ^
| Thursday, June 22, 2023
| Xantha Leatham
Posted on 06/22/2023 10:16:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: caveart; fingerflutings; france; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:16:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: algore; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks algore.
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:19:03 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Have Nancy Pelosi interpret them.
She was around back then.
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:20:52 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: SunkenCiv
Who knew? Neanderthals were Vandals.
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:22:50 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t let the “preservation volunteers” near them.
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:23:28 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: SunkenCiv
Translated:
Eat at Joe’s
Kilroy was here
FJB
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:24:41 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:34:04 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Q)
To: SunkenCiv
Okay that’s really old unlike the last ones
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:34:56 AM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male 🤪)
To: SunkenCiv
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
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:37:35 AM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male 🤪)
To: BradyLS
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:41:28 AM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Dead Corpse
Don not eat ze yellow snow...................
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:42:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: NWFree
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posted on
06/22/2023 10:55:27 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Red Badger
Homo Erectus is a bug eater
Meet hot and single Sapiens in your area
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posted on
06/22/2023 11:02:37 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: Dead Corpse
You cave warranty is about to expire..................
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posted on
06/22/2023 11:05:35 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
Yep!
Now we know the genesis of all the artwork on railroad freight cars...
Danged Neanderthals are still with us...
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posted on
06/22/2023 11:07:53 AM PDT
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SuperLuminal
(Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: Dead Corpse
“For a good time, yell out for ‘Ugg of the Hill People’”
To: SunkenCiv
Let me guess? They all voted for Biden in 2020.
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posted on
06/22/2023 11:43:36 AM PDT
by
Kahuna
To: SunkenCiv
the team said this dates the 'finger fluting' to well before Homo sapiens became established in the region. Ah, a gropey joe biden production.
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posted on
06/22/2023 11:48:32 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: SunkenCiv
The very first French artists. :)
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posted on
06/22/2023 12:32:12 PM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: SunkenCiv
It says: ‘The 2020AD election was won by Donald Trump!’
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posted on
06/22/2023 12:58:57 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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