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U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art.
Hoffmann, D L; Standish, C D; García-Diez, M; Pettitt, P B; Milton, J A; Zilhão, J; Alcolea-González, J J; Cantalejo-Duarte, P; Collado, H; de Balbín, R; Lorblanchet, M; Ramos-Muñoz, J; Weniger, G-Ch; Pike, A W G.
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  • Hoffmann DL; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Standish CD; Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK.
  • García-Diez M; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Isabel I, Calle de Fernán González 76, 09003 Burgos, Spain.
  • Pettitt PB; Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
  • Milton JA; Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
  • Zilhão J; University of Barcelona, Departament d'Història i Arqueologia (SERP), Carrer de Montalegre 6, 08001 Barcelona, Spain.
  • Alcolea-González JJ; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
  • Cantalejo-Duarte P; Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa (UNIARQ), Faculdade de Letras, Campo Grande, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Collado H; Prehistory Section, University of Alcalá de Henares, Calle Colegios 2, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
  • de Balbín R; Centro de la Prehistoria/Cueva de Ardales, Avenida de Málaga, no. 1, 29550 Ardales (Málaga), Spain.
  • Lorblanchet M; Quaternary-Prehistory Research Group, I-PAT Research Group, D. G. Bibliotecas, Museos y Patrimonio Cultural, Junta de Extremadura, Spain.
  • Ramos-Muñoz J; Prehistory Section, University of Alcalá de Henares, Calle Colegios 2, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
  • Weniger GC; CNRS, Roc des Monges, 46200 St. Sozy, France.
  • Pike AWG; Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Filosofía, Universidad de Cádiz, Avenida Gómez Ulla s/n, Cádiz, Spain.
Science ; 359(6378): 912-915, 2018 02 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29472483
ABSTRACT
The extent and nature of symbolic behavior among Neandertals are obscure. Although evidence for Neandertal body ornamentation has been proposed, all cave painting has been attributed to modern humans. Here we present dating results for three sites in Spain that show that cave art emerged in Iberia substantially earlier than previously thought. Uranium-thorium (U-Th) dates on carbonate crusts overlying paintings provide minimum ages for a red linear motif in La Pasiega (Cantabria), a hand stencil in Maltravieso (Extremadura), and red-painted speleothems in Ardales (Andalucía). Collectively, these results show that cave art in Iberia is older than 64.8 thousand years (ka). This cave art is the earliest dated so far and predates, by at least 20 ka, the arrival of modern humans in Europe, which implies Neandertal authorship.
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