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ananyo writes "It’s no Mona Lisa, but a smudged red disk in northern Spain has been crowned the world’s earliest cave painting (includes slideshow). Dated to more than 40,800 years ago, the shape was painted by some of the first modern humans to reach the Iberian Peninsula — or it may have been done by Neanderthals, residents of the Iberian peninsula for more than 200,000 years.
Until now, Chauvet Cave in central France, which is plastered with images of bears, lions and horses, held the title of the world's oldest cave paintings. The oldest images there are dated to around 39,000 years old, though this is controversial and the paintings there could be even more recent."
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Until now, Chauvet Cave in central France, which is plastered with images of bears, lions and horses, held the title of the world's oldest cave paintings. The oldest images there are dated to around 39,000 years old, though this is controversial and the paintings there could be even more recent."
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World's oldest cave art may have been painted by Neanderthals