By the time the last Neanderthal disappeared in Europe, 27,000 years ago, our direct ancestors had already, and for 5,000 years, been crawling into the belly of the earth, where in the light of the flickers of tallow candles, they had brought into being the great art of the Upper Paleolithic.
ネアンデルタール人が ヨーロッパで消滅した ２万７千年前には 私たちの直系の祖先は 既に５千年もの間 洞窟の中に入り込み 獣脂ろうそくの揺らめく光のもと 後期旧石器時代の 傑作を作り上げていたのです