A Shocking Find In a Neanderthal Cave In France

A Shocking Find In a Neanderthal Cave In France

A rock structure, built deep underground, is one of the earliest hominin constructions ever found.

theatlantic.com

This is pretty amazing.

Using carbon-dating, Rouzaud estimated that a burnt bear bone found within the chamber was 47,600 years old, which meant that the stalagmite rings were older than any known cave painting. It also meant that they couldn’t have been the work of Homo sapiens. Their builders must have been the only early humans in the south of France at the time: Neanderthals.