Neanderthal art

Neanderthal art refers to the creative expressions and symbolic activities they engaged in, such as decorating tools, creating carvings, or applying pigments to objects and possibly body parts. Evidence suggests they had a sense of aesthetics and possibly spiritual or cultural beliefs, challenging the idea that art is exclusive to modern humans. These artifacts, dating back tens of thousands of years, demonstrate Neanderthals’ cognitive abilities and social complexity, showing they engaged in practices that go beyond mere survival and hint at a capacity for symbolic thought.