Cave paintings have been discovered to be 42,000 years old and are located in the Cave of Nerja, in Malaga, Spain. If the dating is accurate, these are the first paintings ever made by humans. The article mentions that these were created by Homo Neanderthalensis not Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
According to Sanchidrían, all the available scientific data shows that these pictures could only have been made by Homo Neanderthalensis instead of Homo Sapiens Sapiens, something completely unthinkable until this finding. "The charcoals were next to the seals, which doesn't have any parallelism in paleolithic art" said the professor, "and we knew that neanderthals ate seals." And there is no proof of homo sapiens in this part of the Iberian Peninsula.
Source:
Gizmodo,
Cueva de Nerja
4 comments:
mel perez art 3
very interesting this is deffinatley going to change a lot on how ancient art can be viewed to know that thes type of homos actually created art. im sure more art from the is to come.
Shawna Stanley
Art 3
WOW! This looks amazing! Was the art originally meant to be on a cave spike or was the spike just due to erosion? I wonder how many cave paintings they have found in this country. Maybe this will open the door to explore more in this region in hopes of finding even older art.
Mary Janini art 3
I love it when new things are discovered! It's like a mystery that is waiting to get solved. I wonder what the paintings actually mean and why they chose that cave in Spain. The thought that there are many undiscovered paintings still out there,makes me believe that there could be one painting that helps us actually understand early human thoughts.
03/13/2012
Samantha Contreras Art 3
Seeing this painting makes me wonder how many paintings or art pieces are really left out there, Makes me curious as to how they actually created this and what the art really means.
5/11/12
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