U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art
U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art
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United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
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It has been suggested that Neandertals, as well as modern humans, may have painted caves. Hoffmann
et al.
used uranium-thorium dating of carbonate crusts to show that cave paintings from three different sites in Spain must be older than 64,000 years. These paintings are the oldest dated cave paintings in the world. Importantly, they predate t...
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U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2007981834
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2007981834
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.aap7778
