deconversionmovement: Neanderthals Were Using Paint 250,000 Years Ago - ‘Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought’ Neanderthals were using red paint up to 250,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought. Traces of the paint, made from ochre, were dug up in the Netherlands and dated to a quarter of a million years ago. Scientists are keeping an open mind as to what the sub-species of humans did with it back then although it is often considered a sign of symbolic behaviour such as artwork and body painting. Read More

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Neanderthals Were Using Paint 250,000 Years Ago - ‘Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought’

Neanderthals were using red paint up to 250,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought.

Traces of the paint, made from ochre, were dug up in the Netherlands and dated to a quarter of a million years ago.

Scientists are keeping an open mind as to what the sub-species of humans did with it back then although it is often considered a sign of symbolic behaviour such as artwork and body painting.

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