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Neanderthal Art? The Missing Record

Welcome back to the Paleo Post Podcast with hosts Seth Chagi, Dr. George Nash, and Genevieve von Petzinger—your friendly neighborhood team wandering through the deep history of human creativity, migration, and the ancient urge to make meaning. Today we dive into one of the biggest mysteries in Paleolithic archaeology: Why do vast regions between southern Africa and the Red Sea appear blank on the rock-art map? Are these areas truly empty—or are they simply understudied, underfunded, and archaeologically invisible to Western research systems? From Homo sapiens migrations up the Rift Valley, to political barriers and research inequities, to the sheer scale of the African continent, we unpack why the “blank spots” are almost certainly hiding rich, unknown artistic traditions. Along the way, we explore: • The Skhul Hybrid The early Homo sapiens–Neanderthal hybrid from Mt. Carmel, and what it tells us about interbreeding, culture-sharing, and symbolic capacities long before Europe’s famous cave art. • Neanderthal Art & Symbolism Including the new Science Advances study on Crimean Neanderthals—showing clear evidence of intentional ochre use, engraved surfaces, curated pieces, and even crayon-like tools for making deliberate marks . These findings push Neanderthal symbolic behavior further into the spotlight. • The Micoquian Tradition A separate cultural and technological tradition associated with Neanderthal groups in Eastern Europe—distinct from the ochre crayons—yet part of the wider mosaic showing Neanderthals weren’t simply surviving, but creating. • Twin Rivers, Pinnacle Point & the African Deep Record Ochre use going back nearly 300,000 years, the heat-treated pigments of Pinnacle Point, and the tantalizing possibility that Middle Paleolithic art traditions in East Africa remain undiscovered due to lack of funding, conflict-sensitive regions, and limited survey access. • Why Symbolic Behavior Wasn’t a “European Invention” Art, color, engraving, and mark-making were never local phenomena—they’re part of a long, cross-species, cross-continental story of humans expressing identity and meaning. This episode is exactly why this podcast exists: to explore the shared creativity of all our ancestors—Neanderthal, sapiens, and everyone in between. Because in deep history, there was no “them and us.” Just humans. If you love rock art, human origins, ancient cognition, or the detective work of filling in the missing pieces of our story, you’re in the right place. Like, subscribe, and join us as we keep pushing deeper into our shared past. Thanks for hanging out, Neanderthals. More to come. Keywords: #PaleoPostPodcast #PaleoPost #Neanderthals #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #DeepHistory #RockArt #PrehistoricArt #NeanderthalArt #SymbolicBehavior #Ochre #AncientPigments #CrimeaArchaeology #Micoquian #HomoSapiens #NeanderthalHybrid #Skhul #HumanEvolution #OutOfAfrica #AnthropologyPodcast #GenevieveVonPetzinger #GeorgeNash #SethChagi #WorldOfPaleoanthropology #EarlyHumans #ArchaeologyTalk #StoneAge #MiddlePaleolithic #AncientHistory #ScienceCommunication