Becoming Human

Widespread cranial injuries characterized both Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans and thus are not unique to American football, a study in the journal Nature concludes.

Cueva de los Aviones is a cave system in  Spain in which have been found  decorated sea shells. These have been dated to 115,000 years ago and are attributed to he Neanderthal occupiers of the site, it was announced in the journal Science Advances of 22 February 2018.

Dating was  accomplished by Uranium series technology.

A paper appearing in the journal Nature this week announces the discovery of figurative cave art dated to  approximately 40,000 years ago. In addition there was also found a hand stencil (the outline of a human hand) dated to 51,000 years ago. These are the earliest finds of figurative rock art, according to the authors of the paper, M. Albert et al.