Neanderthals: The oldest art in the world wasn’t made by Homo sapiens

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Neanderthals: The oldest art in the world wasn’t made by Homo sapiens

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By Paul Pettitt
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A reconstruction of a Neanderthal hunter at the Neanderthal Museum in Erkrath, Germanyy [Image -Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann via Wikimedia Commons]

Archaeologists are beginning to appreciate the creativity of Neanderthal art, writes archaeology professor Paul Pettitt

One of the most hotly debated questions in the history of Neanderthal research has been whether they created art. In the past few years, the consensus