The oldest footprints of modern day man are seen in the Chauvet cave discovered in 1994. Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings are in the oldest of their kind in the world.
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That's actually 1994 not 1899!
I thought the cave bear dating had already proved they were that old?
newscientist.com/article/mg21028093.900-bear-dna-is-clue-to-age-of-chauvet-cave-art.html
but I suppose it's a different method of proving it isn't it.
And I saw this recently, that paintings in the Spanish Nerja caves might be even older
newscientist.com/article/dn21458-first-neanderthal-cave-paintings-discovered-in-spain.html
but maybe that's someone's wishful thinking, they've not been properly dated yet.
Bakers gloves, sorry Rhiannon. Spied the article and put it up. Thanks for the other articles, interesting reading.
mmm cave art. crosses the millennia in a way no chipped tool or bit of bone can don't you think.
And where are all the wonky examples? everything in the Chauvet cave seemed to be amazing. It's enough to make you formulate some controversial theory about noble savages with uncluttered artistic eyes?