Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.
Jonathan Scott's Into the Groove tells the story of the vinyl record, from humans' first inclination to try to record sound up to the resurgence of the LP in the 2000s.
Neanderthals are an extinct lineage of hominins that emerged around 400,000 years ago and died off around 40,000 years ago. They are the closest known human relatives and interbred with Homo sapiens.