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For 100 years, scientists thought these red markings were natural—now researchers say they’re ancient human art

A new analysis of red lines inside a U.K. cave suggest they were made deliberately by ancient humans some 17,000 years ago ...
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Scientists just confirmed the UK’s oldest rock art hidden deep inside a Welsh cave for 17,000 years

A set of red lines painted deep inside acave in Wales has been confirmed as the oldest known rock art in the British Isles.
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Mysterious red stripes in Welsh cave dismissed for decades are now Britain's oldest known cave art

The finding shifts Britain's archaeological timeline.

Researchers Confirm Oldest Cave Art in Britain a Century After It Was Dismissed as a Mineral Deposit

For nearly a century, skeptics dismissed a Paleolithic cave painting as merely rust-red iron oxides, the kind of natural ...