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Rock Analysis Suggests France Cave Art Is 'Oldest'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. More info : http://www.phys.org/news/2012-05-analysis-france-cave-art-oldest.html |
Posted by drewbhoy14th May 2012ce Edited 14th May 2012ce
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That's actually 1994 not 1899! I thought the cave bear dating had already proved they were that old? http://www.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 http://www.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. |
Posted by Rhiannon14th May 2012ce |
| Bakers gloves, sorry Rhiannon. Spied the article and put it up. Thanks for the other articles, interesting reading. |
Posted by drewbhoy 14th May 2012ce |
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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? |
Posted by Rhiannon 15th May 2012ce |
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