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Prehistoric fingerprint found in Spain offers clue to Neanderthal capacity for making art, study finds
Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...
A red dot, a 43,000 year old fingerprint, and a stone out of place—potential evidence of Neanderthal pareidolia
In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of ...
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World’s oldest selfie? 43,000-year-old Neanderthal art reveals earliest face perception
Interestingly, this small stone holds the oldest and most complete Neanderthal fingerprint ever discovered. A prehistoric ...
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Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. Forensic police helped them unravel who made it
The pebble marked with the print, found in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, hints at the possible capacity of Neanderthals to create symbolic art, according to a new study. The discovery ...
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A Neanderthal Left A Fingerprint On This Rock, Possibly While Painting A Face On It
The most complete Neanderthal fingerprint ever discovered may have been left behind by a prehistoric artist while painting a ...