50,000–15,000 BC The Dawn of Behavioral Modernity

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Something remarkable happened around 50,000 years ago: humans began creating art, developing complex language, and thinking symbolically. Explore the cave paintings of Lascaux and Altamira, the extinction of the Neanderthals, and humanity's spread across the globe.

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