Spanish Cave Paintings Discovered to be Some of the Oldest in Europe

[sibelian]

"Cave paintings at the Altxerri cave system in the Basque region of northern Spain are about 39,000 years old, making them some of the oldest in Europe, Popular Archaeology reports.

A team of French and Spanish scientists analyzed the paintings, which include images such as the bison shown here, as well as finger marks, a feline, a bear, an unidentified animal head and more abstract markings. This early dating of these images puts them in the Aurignacian Period, believed by most archaeologists to be the first flowering of modern humans in the region, although whether or not there were still Neanderthals in the area at this time is an open question..."



http://www.gadling.com/2013/09/26/spanish-cave-paintings-oldest-in-europe/

[hlthe2b]

1. DON'T OPen that link Got the following viral message from Kaspersky:

The requested URL cannot be provided

URL:

http://www.gadling.com/2013/09/26/spanis<...>

Blocked by Web Anti-Virus

Reason: phishing URL

Click here if you believe that the web page was blocked in error.

Detection method: heuristic analysis

[dipsydoodle]

2. Norton provides no such warning.

Opened immediately for me. Gadling seems to be an everyday travel site.

Its a cross linked report from here : http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/09012013/article/cave-paintings-among-the-oldest-in-europe

Try that.

[hlthe2b]

3. about a year ago, while on MIRT, I opened a link--screen went black

even though I had both PCTools and AVG running. MIRT had received an alert that some found malware on what should have been a reputable site. I thought I was sufficiently protected and should look at it, per MIRT. $200 later, I got my computer back, but it never worked quite right again.

So, open at your own risk. I've been burned enough not to ignore warnings.

[hlthe2b]

4. This link from National Geographic is DEFINITELY safe

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120614-neanderthal-cave-paintings-spain-science-pike/