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What children's cave art tells us about life 14,000 years ago

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Cave art dates back 14,000 years. (Courtesy of Izzy Wisher/Gobierno de Cantabria)
Cave art dates back 14,000 years. (Courtesy of Izzy Wisher/Gobierno de Cantabria)

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Isobel Wisher, a postdoctoral researcher in the Evolution of Early Symbolic Behavior project at Aarhus University, about the findings.

Cave art dates back 14,000 years. (Courtesy of Izzy Wisher/Gobierno de Cantabria)
Cave art dates back 14,000 years. (Courtesy of Izzy Wisher/Gobierno de Cantabria)

This segment aired on January 28, 2025.

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