Comment on "U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art"
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 04:48
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Hoffmann et al. (Reports, 23 February 2018, p. 912) report the discovery of parietal art older than 64,800 years and attributed to Neanderthals, at least 25 millennia before the oldest parietal art ever found. Instead, critical evaluation of their geochronological data seems to provide stronger support for an age of 47,000 years, which is much more consistent with the archaeological background in hand.