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Ancient Human DNA Discovered on Prehistoric Cave Art

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Ancient Human DNA Discovered on Prehistoric Cave Art
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“Researchers have extracted ancient human DNA directly from prehistoric cave paintings and surrounding walls, potentially identifying individual artists and shedding light on Neanderthal artistic capabilities.”

For the first time, DNA from ancient humans has been retrieved directly from prehistoric cave art and the cave walls around it. This breakthrough offers a new method to identify individual artists who created these ancient works.

The discovery could also help answer longstanding questions about whether Neanderthals were capable of producing cave art, providing genetic evidence linked to the creators.

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