The earliest Neanderthal engravings on cave walls

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According to a new study, markings on a cave wall at La Roche-Cotard, Loire Valley, France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating indicates that they were made more than 57±3 thousand years ago.

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The earliest unambiguous Neanderthal engravings on cave walls: La Roche-Cotard, Loire Valley, France
Jean-Claude Marquet, Trine Holm Freiesleben, Kristina Jørkov Thomsen, Andrew Sean Murray, Morgane Calligaro, Jean-Jacques Macaire, Eric Robert, Michel Lorblanchet, Thierry Aubry, Grégory Bayle, Jean-Gabriel Bréhéret, Hubert Camus, Pascal Chareille, Yves Egels, Émilie Guillaud, Guillaume Guérin, Pascale Gautret, Morgane Liard, Magen O’Farrell, Jean-Baptiste Peyrouse, Edit Thamó-Bozsó, Pascal Verdin, Dorota Wojtczak, Christine Oberlin, Jacques Jaubert
PLoS ONE 18(6): e0286568. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286568