Neanderthals' 75000-year-old intentional engravings found in cave

Researchers have confirmed that the finger-flutings on the walls of La Roche-Cotard cave in France are the oldest known Neanderthal cave decorations in France, estimated to be about 75,000 years old. The engravings make La Roche-Cotard the oldest decorated site in France and possibly Europe. The team used optically stimulated luminescence to date the cave and found that it was sealed about 57,000 years ago, but the markings could be as old as 75,000 years. The fact that the cave had been sealed until 1846 means that these are unequivocally Neanderthal marks.