Cueva de Ardales
Cave in the mountains of Malaga where flowstone columns were painted with red pigment. Whether Neanderthals did it is one of the sharpest disputes in Palaeolithic archaeology.
Dated events and their evidence
- 62,800 BCE disputed
Red pigment on speleothems dated to more than 64,800 years and claimed as Neanderthal work; others argue the dating and archaeology do not support it source
Where
36.8778° N, 4.8447° W
Sources
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