Journal article
Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong
Journal of human evolution, Vol.125, pp.215-217
12/2018
PMID: 30173883
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Abstract
Current evidence suggests that some Neanderthal populations engaged in modern human-like forms of symbolic behavior, including: the extensive and systematic use of ochers and other prepared mineral pigments (i.e., paint; Dayet et al., 2014, Heyes et al., 2016); use of perforated shells and various other modified and unmodified objects and substances as ornaments (e.g., ‘jewelry’), including bird feathers (Finlayson et al., 2012) and claws (Radovčić et al., 2015); manufacture of elaborate structures of unknown purpose inside deep cave passages (Jaubert et al., 2016); and engraving of non-figurative markings on bones (Majkić et al., 2017) and cortical areas of flaked stone artifacts (Majkić et al., 2018), and also on immobile rock surfaces (i.e., at Gorham's Cave; Rodríguez-Vidal et al., 2014). Scientific opinion is deeply divided over the meaning of these behaviors—the empirical evidence for which, in some instances, is not yet unanimously accepted. Indeed, the notion that even late-surviving Neanderthals had acquired aspects of cognitive ‘modernity’, either independently or through direct cultural contact (including interbreeding) with the first modern humans to enter Europe, remains a subject of lively debate.
Details
- Title
- Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong
- Creators
- Maxime Aubert - Griffith UniversityAdam Brumm - Griffith UniversityJillian Huntley - Griffith University
- Publication Details
- Journal of human evolution, Vol.125, pp.215-217
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Grant note
- M.A and A.B. are supported by grants from the Australian Research Council (FT170100025 & FT160100119).
- Identifiers
- 991013103989602368
- Copyright
- © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article