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An early species of humans who between 120,000 and 35,000 years ago not as good at drawing as early modern humans. The species called Neanderthal man. They extinct tens of thousands of years ago. They large brains and made complex tools to , but they never the ability to draw recognizable images. This is unlike early modern humans who animals and other figures on rocks and cave walls. Professor Richard Coss, an expert on pre-historic drawings, ancient photos and video film of early art. He studied charcoal drawings and engravings of animals by human artists from 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in southern France.

A professor the difference in artistic skills could because of the way they . Neanderthal man hunted tamer animals that were easier to . However, early modern humans hunted more dangerous animals. This better hand-eye coordination. Professor Coss said: "Neanderthals could mentally previously seen animals from working memory, but they were unable to those mental images effectively into the coordinated hand-movement patterns for drawing." Professor Coss said early modern humans drawings to plan hunts and to focus on and which parts of an animal's body to target.