The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet ... But some researchers argue that its traces can be seen in African sites that date back to 100,000 years ago ...

the oldest known cave art in the world, and were created at least 20,000 years before modern humans arrived in Europe from Africa, therefore they must have been painted by Neanderthals.

Cave paintings dating back 24,000 years have previously ... responsible since most timelines accept that modern humans left Africa as far back as 90,000 years ago, at the earliest.

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