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Could This 43,000-Year-Old Stone Bear the Earliest Neanderthal Art?
A striking archaeological discovery in Spain may offer a rare glimpse into the symbolic world of Neanderthals. A quartz-rich pebble unearthed in a prehistoric rock shelter appears to bear a red mark that researchers believe might have been intentionally placed by a Neanderthal around 43,000 years ago—possibly as part of an abstract representation of a…