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🇮🇷 Iran · Cave

Yafteh Cave

Upper Palaeolithic (c.35,000–30,000 BP) · Baradostian (Zagros Aurignacian)

UP Aurignacian cave (35–30 ka, Baradostian blades, shell beads) west of Khorramabad.

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🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

Cave of El Castillo Polychrome

Upper Paleolithic (40,800 BCE Aurignacian to Magdalenian) · Aurignacian, Gravettian, Magdalenian (Homo sapiens & Neanderthal debate)

Cave of El Castillo (Monte Castillo, Puente Viesgo) – UNESCO Paleolithic Cave Art 1985: 40,800-year-old red ochre stencilled hand (U-Th oldest in Europe, possibly Neanderthal), bison, horses, cervids…