40,000-Year-Old Bird Figurines Found in German Cave

40’000 ya, that’s right when homo sapiens began settling europe, and neanderthals were becoming extinct. I wonder if the authors have a hunch whether this is the work of sapiens or neanderthals.

The site is part of a UNESCO World Heritage cluster in the Swabian Jura known for yielding some of the earliest figurative art in human history.