Des archéologues affirment avoir découvert la plus ancienne empreinte digitale de Néandertal (43.000 ans) en Espagne

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Picture MUST credit: Álvarez-Alonso et al. 2025 Archaeologists say they have found the oldest Neanderthal fingerprint. It was impressed on a painted boulder, dating back to 43,000 years and done to add a nose on what to the ancient humanoid race was perceived as a face on the rock. The rock , a piece of granite, is decorated with a red ochre pigment spot, which is the oldest known symbolic object containing the most complete Neanderthal fingerprint. It was discovered in Spain In July 2022 during excavation of prehistoric rock shelter believed used by Neanderthals, at an archaeological site at Mousterian, San Lázaro, in central Spain. Researchers used multispectral techniques and forensics to identify that the mark on it came from a human. They obtained high-resolution, detailed images of the surface, from three micro-samples taking extra care to minimise damage. Researchers think the rock was collected from a riverbed and transported to the interior of the rock shelter. Ochre was applied specifically with the tip of a finger soaked in pigment. The team, from the University of Madrid, the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain and the Spanish National Research Council, thinks the rock was a visual symbol, resembling a human face with eyes, a mouth, and a nose.

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