See a 175,000-year-old wall in a French cave

This is said to be an artifact of the Neanderthals and is one of the oldest artificial works in the world.

The wall was discovered by the locals around 1900, located more than 300 meters from the entrance to the cave Bruniquel, near the Pyrénées mountain in southwestern France.

Ruins of a 175,000-year-old wall in the Pyrenees cave.

At that time, the wall was thought to be dated to 50,000 years, equivalent to the date of the dead burnt animals nearby. Recently, however, scientists have redefined the true age of the wall, which is 175,000 years.

This is said to be an artifact of Neanderthals, made from 400 stalagmites pulled up from the ground and stacked in a circle on a wet cave background.

3D image of the wall is rebuilt on the computer.

Due to the impact of fire, many of the stalagmites were discolored, turned black, red and broken. Researchers believe that Neanderthals may have set fire to heating and accidentally damaged the wall. In addition, on some stalagmites there are still traces of animal claws or even feather feathers.

Neanderthals live in Eurasia from about 400,000 to 40,000 years before modern humans migrated to the area. Although often regarded as a race that has not evolved completely, the evidence shows that Neanderthals are capable of making stone utensils, using fire, making shelter, wearing clothes, knowing how to bury their dead and even know the page. tomb location with flowers.