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Experts Say Iconic Prehistoric Hand Stencils Were a Neandertal Innovation, May Have Used It for “Ritual or Cultic” Purposes
Experts Say Iconic Prehistoric Hand Stencils Were a Neandertal Innovation, May Have Used It for “Ritual or Cultic” Purposes A ...
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Neanderthals were making hand stencil rock art more than 66,000 years ago, U-series dating suggests
Maltravieso Cave houses more than 60 red hand stencils, but their precise ages have remained a mystery. Determining the age of cave art is usually challenging because mineral-based pigments cannot ...