A groundbreaking discovery in Spain is challenging our understanding of Neanderthal creativity. Archaeologists recently ...

Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the pigment to complete the ...

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot. A study says it may have had symbolic significance.

Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as ...

Researchers studied an ancient granite pebble naturally shaped like a face, marked with a red ochre fingerprint. It happens ...

The discovery could deepen our understanding of the Neanderthal mind, but some experts aren’t convinced by the interpretation ...

A Neanderthal man is believed to have painted a nose on a pebble using red pigment more than 43,000 years ago.

It is on a stone with a red dot. The dot looks like a nose. This suggests Neanderthals made art. The fingerprint was found in San Lazaro. Researchers believe a Neanderthal put the pigment there.

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...