In this article, I first provide an overview of the Neandertals by recounting their initial
discovery and subsequent interpretation by scientists and by discussing our current …

This paper reviews some of the main advances in our understanding of human evolution
over the last 1 million years, presenting a holistic overview of a field defined by …

Humans seem to have an adaptive predisposition for inventing, telling and consuming
stories. Prehistoric cave art provides the most direct insight that we have into the earliest …

Previous dating research indicated that the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is host to some of
the oldest known rock art,–. That work was based on solution uranium-series (U-series) …

INTRODUCTION A record of the regular exploitation of aquatic foods has been lacking in
Neandertal Europe. By contrast, marine resources feature prominently—alongside personal …

While there is substantial evidence for art and symbolic behaviour in early Homo sapiens
across Africa and Eurasia, similar evidence connected to Neanderthals is sparse and often …

Cueva de Ardales in Málaga, Spain, is one of the richest and best-preserved Paleolithic
painted caves of southwestern Europe, containing over a thousand graphic representations …

Based on uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating of calcite deposits overlying paintings in three
Spanish caves, Hoffmann et al.(2018a) have proposed that a rectangular sign at La Pasiega …

U/Th data obtained on CaCO 3 layers covering rock art at Nerja Cave (Spain) evidence
erroneous ages and an inverse relation between uranium concentration and apparent ages …

Rock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition.
The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of …