Our closest extinct human relative, Neanderthals, roamed Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago. Since their discovery in the 1800s, experts have understood Neanderthals as having limited ...

Archaeologists have concluded that a series of engravings discovered on a cave wall in France were made by Neanderthals using their fingers, some 57,000 years ago. They could be the oldest such marks ...

For decades, the meaning behind ancient finger-drawn lines etched into limestone cave walls remained elusive. Known as finger flutings, these grooves—some over 60,000 years old—are among the earliest ...

Archaeologists say the shapes of finger marks suggest that children as young as 2 years old made drawings on the walls of a Paleolithic cave dwelling, with an occasional boost from the grown-ups. The ...

Some of the walls also had markings from various lithic tools alongside the finger markings, scientists said. O. Spaey and G. Alain Our closest extinct human relative, Neanderthals, roamed Europe and ...