Neanderthal illustration – (Mauricio Antón Ortuzar) ◄ Tidigare Nästa ►

Artist: Mauricio Antón Ortuzar

datum: 2000

museum: National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira (Santillana Del Mar, Spain)

Teknik: Drawing

Illustration by Mauricio Antón for the permanent exhibition of the Altamira National Museum and Research Center. It depicts two Neanderthals standing as though talking to one another, in an arid landscape. Between 200,000 and 28,000 BCE, Europe and the Middle East were inhabited by Neanderthals, who lived in caves and shelters as well as out in the open. These people had an anatomy that was similar to that of today