World's Oldest Work Of Art Found In Spain

[YankeyMCC]

Somehow this gives me a feeling of joy to know other species have or had the artistic impulse similar to ours

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/worlds-oldest-work-of-art_n_1263822.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline

[elleng]

1. Neanderthals, not homo sapiens?

Hey, thems US!!!

[CTyankee]

2. It's a wonderful discovery. Why do we think we are so special?

[quakerboy]

3. ...

per one of my favorite online comics, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

[YankeyMCC]

6. That was a good one!

[Little Star]

4. Nice! k&r

[roguevalley]

5. Neanderthal people were awesome. I think a lot of their culture they carried in their heads and

inscribed on perishable items. Sort of sets the dipshits on their heels that don't even think Neanderthals have language. Even when they would a hyoid bone they still hung on to the bullshit that they were inferior to moderns. This predates the vaunted notion that only moderns were intellectual and had culture. Nice, awesome, overdue.

[Odin2005]

7. Don't forget the recent evidence showing that Europeans are about 3% Neandertal

I've read some speculation saying that red hair came from Neandertals.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. I smell something fishy about this story

as do other anthropologists. I saw this story a few days ago in science and anthropological news sites and read comments and opinions that pointed out the problems with this story.
Such as when the cave was discovered and then the recording of the painting. The need for money at the dig and many more poignant facts that make the discovery somewhat dubious.

[YankeyMCC]

9. that would be disapoonting and

If it is some kind of fish story I hope people will still see the wonder of all our lost holiness cousins art or no art

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Many are talking about a forgery

to drum up funds for the site.