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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Neanderthals may have used a red pigment on a rock to shape what looks like art - a rendition of a facial figure from 43,000 ...

The quartz-rich granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a Rudolph-like red ... This isn’t the first time a Neanderthal fingerprint has been pinpointed, the authors ...