Researchers have determined that hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave are more than 66,000 years old, suggesting that Neanderthals, not modern humans, were the world's first artists.

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The hand stencil is at least 39,900 years old (see picture above, top right), making it the oldest example of this common ancient art form ever found (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature13422).