This material would have been used by Neanderthals to manufacture tools, demonstrating an efficient use of the lithic resources available in the immediate environment. The study employed the technique ...

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New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began ...

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The researchers used 3D surface analysis to distinguish geometric engravings from functional marks, highlighting the ...

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

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