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When did our ancestors create prehistoric art?

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By George Nash Verified
| The Naked Scientists Podcast - Stripping Down Science
Now, from rituals in death to another form of ancient culture: art. At the Gower near Swansea, just over a century ago, 10 horizontal red stripes were found on the wall of Bacon Hole cave. Archaeologists didn’t initially know what they were, but they have now been identified as Britain's oldest prehistoric art, dating back more than 17,000 years.
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Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art

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By Elena Essel, Elena I. Zavala, Kevin Nota, Merlin Szymanski, Julia Zorn, Hugo Gomes, George Nash Verified, Pierluigi Rosina, Virginia Lattao, Luiz Oosterbeek, Nelson Almeida, Carmen De Las Heras, Pilar Fatás, Alfredo Prada, Lucía M. Díaz-González, Alberto Villa, Mario Fernández, Genevieve von Petzinger, Pedro Cantalejo, José Ramos-Muñoz, Diego Sanchez, Diego Sánchez Verified, Hugo Mira, Emilio Fernandez Verified, Emilio Fernández Verified, Roberto Ontañón, Janet Kelso, Kay Prüfer, Benjamin Vernot, Mateja Hajdinjak, Qingfeng Shao, Sara Garcés, Hipolito Collado Giraldo, Matthias Meyer, Louisa Jáuregui, Aurore Galtier, Carlos Carpetudo, M. Elena Sánchez-Moral, Luis-Efrén Fernández, Ramón Montes-Barquín
| Nature Verified
Abstract Previous efforts to link Palaeolithic cultural records to specific populations through DNA analysis have focused on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments, and artefacts. In this study, we explore whether rock art, a spatially distinct expression of human activity, can also preserve DNA traces from its creators.
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Rediscovered Late Upper Palaeolithic Painted Imagery at Bacon Hole, Gower Peninsula, South Wales

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By George Nash Verified, Hipólito Collado, Hugo Gomes
| brnw.ch
1. Introduction Bacon Hole is located within the parish of Pennard at NGR SS 5604 8682 (Figure 1), within the limestone cliffs of south Gower, overlooking the Bristol Channel (Plate 1). The site is included in Heneb’s (formally, the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)) Historic Environment Record (PRN 00306w). Bacon Hole is not a Scheduled Monument; however, the site is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
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