In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of ...

Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...

Researchers in Spain have discovered a pebble with a Neanderthal fingerprint, suggesting they created symbolic art. This ...

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of ...

The discovery could deepen our understanding of the Neanderthal mind, but some experts aren’t convinced by the interpretation ...

The fingerprint was detected on a red mark on a 21.4 cm x 11.3 cm x 7.6 cm granite pebble containing quartz minerals.

Around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal dipped their finger in ocher and stamped the very center of a pebble. This one small ...

Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the pigment to complete the ...

Scientists in Spain found a 43,000-year-old fingerprint. It is on a stone with a red dot. The dot looks like a nose. This ...

“We felt that the red dot had something, I don’t know what … and the only way we could know there was a fingerprint was to contact the main specialist in Spain (for) finding fingerprints ...

a pigment-marked granite stone bearing a human fingerprint, and the deliberate placement of red ocher in relation to three mostly natural indentations, creating the potential image of a human face.

Learn more about one of the oldest possible art pieces with a fingerprint from Europe, which may represent a human face.