43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint May Be the Oldest Human Art
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A 43,000-year-old red ocher fingerprint found on a rock in Spain is believed to be the oldest human fingerprint and possibly an early form of symbolic art created by Neanderthals, challenging previous notions of their cognitive abilities.
- 43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal Live Science
- A red dot, a 43,000 year old fingerprint, and a stone out of place—potential evidence of Neanderthal pareidolia Phys.org
- With the touch of a finger, a Neanderthal may have made art NBC News
- Ancient human fingerprint suggests Neanderthals made art BBC
- Scientists Found a 43,000-Year-Old Fingerprint That May Be the Oldest Ever Left by a Human Popular Mechanics
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