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'The Oldest Work Of Art Ever': 42,000-year-old Paintings Of Seals Found In Spanish Cave | Mail Online

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First Posted: 02/ 8/2012 2:02 pm Updated: 02/ 8/2012 2:08 pm

www.dailymail.co.uk:

The world's oldest works of art have been found in a cave on Spain's Costa del Sol, scientists believe.

Six paintings of seals are at least 42,000 years old and are the only known artistic images created by Neanderthal man, experts claim.

Professor Jose Luis Sanchidrian, from the University of Cordoba, described the discovery as 'an academic bombshell', as all previous art work has been attributed to Homo sapiens.

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03:20 PM on 02/08/2012
those were done by picasso's long lost ancestors.