Scientists find 40,000-year-old star maps featuring ‘sophisticated knowledge of constellations’ 40,000-year-old cave paintings reveal the use of complex astronomy. Ancient paintings previously thought to have been prehistoric animal symbols are ancient star maps, experts have recently revealed. “Early cave art shows that people had advanced knowledge of the night sky within the last ice age. But, intellectually, they were hardly any different to us today…” The …Source
Scientists find 40,000-year-old star maps featuring ‘sophisticated knowledge of constellations’

