The First Mark

A big Neanderthal artist inside a dimly lit prehistoric cave, crouched close to a rough stone wall, painting cave art with his hands and fingers, smearing red ochre and charcoal pigment directly onto the stone. His fingers are stained with pigment. He has a heavy brow ridge, broad nose, muscular build, ...

A muscular Neanderthal with a heavy brow ridge and thick body hair crouches in a dimly lit prehistoric cave, his fingers stained with red ochre and charcoal pigment as he smears them directly onto a rough stone wall. Flickering firelight from a primitive torch casts warm, dramatic shadows, illuminating ...