50 million years ago is when the earliest primates first appeared. They were very small, and definitely not making cave paintings. Neanderthals didn't show up

50 million years ago is when the earliest primates first appeared. They were very small, and definitely not making cave paintings. Neanderthals didn't show up until less than half a million years ago. There's a 49+ million year gap in between. Evolution took a while to make us.