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Remarkable New Research on Ochre 'Crayons' Colors in Scientists' Understanding of How Neanderthals Made Art

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A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought

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Some fragments of this coloured rock have been deliberately scratched or pointed in the shape of a pencil, evoking a possible "symbolic" use, the researchers argue.

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Macrophotographs of the four sides of the end of an ochre fragment from Crimea, deliberately scratched or pointed in the shape of a pencil by Neanderthalians. UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUS/CNRS Despite the war in Ukraine, science continues. Evidence of this is a study, published on 29 October in Science Advances, presenting d'ocre fragments from Crimea – the Ukrainian peninsula on the Black Sea annexed by Russia in 2014. These pieces of colored rock we…

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Smithsonian Mag broke the news in United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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