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It is officially not cool to call your partner who refuses directions a "cave man." The oldest map in Western Europe has been unearthed and decoded, and it's pretty good, too.
The etchings of a landscape on a hand-sized rock are 14,000 years old. Eat it, MapQuest. Archeologists were able to match the landmarks of the map to a region in Northern Spain where the portable guide was found. The carvings, which seem to point out reindeer, ibex, and a stag, led researchers to believe that it's the oldest hunting map to be discovered in Western Europe. Check out images of the ancient maps here.
Other scientists dispute the findings, announced in New Scientist, theorizing that it is typical of the art for that period. Or possibly, a spiritual map. Deep.
Still, the next time you take a drive, really, don't fear the GPS. Seems some people have been needing directions for years.
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