A new archaeological study has discovered that complex cave paintings in Spain were created at least 65,000 years ago—before modern humans lived there. That means the artists must have been Neanderthals. According to one of the researchers, “the conclusion has to be that Neanderthals were cognitively indistinguishable” from Homo sapiens.

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一項近期的考古研究發現,西班牙的一批複雜的山洞壁畫最少有六萬五千年歷史,比現代人開始在該區生活還要早,這意味著創作壁畫的藝術家應該是尼安德特人。根據其中一位研究人員表示,“研究結論顯示,尼安德特人與現代人的智能不相伯仲”。

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