A granite pebble discovered at the San Lázaro rock shelter near Segovia, Spain, bearing the 43,000-year-old red ochre fingerprint of a Neanderthal person. Researchers believe its placement shows an act of symbolic expression, perhaps even intended to represent a human face or figure. [1016×1393]
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“Hehe. He’s gotta red nose.” -neanderthal
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Does the print itself prove the species or is that inferred from the geology?