Ancient Neanderthal Art: The World's Oldest Fingerprint and Face Depictions
TL;DR
A nearly complete Neanderthal fingerprint found on a pebble with red ocher suggests early symbolic behavior and possibly face representation, indicating advanced cognitive abilities and the capacity for abstraction in Neanderthals around 43,000 years ago.
- A Neanderthal Left A Fingerprint On This Rock, Possibly While Painting A Face On It IFLScience
- World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art The Guardian
- Oldest Human Fingerprint in the World Discovered in Spain, Left by Neanderthals 43,000 Years Ago La Brújula Verde
- World’s oldest selfie? 43,000-year-old Neanderthal art reveals earliest face perception Interesting Engineering
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