Stone Age site reveals 'extraordinary' artworks


	Stone Age site reveals 'extraordinary' artworks

deadcowkid

12-14-2008 2:47 PM

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12-14-2008 3:33 PM

chestnut501

21,000 years....Wow!

12-14-2008 5:58 PM

deadcowkid

Yes it seems the stone age was more advanced than science previously thought. More and more evidence of art is appearing at time periods when science thought art in such forms did not exist, let alone the tools they made to create such art.
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