More than a fingerprint on a granite pebble
Abstract
The discovery of a Neanderthal fingerprint printed with ochre on a leucogranite pebble, more than 42,000 years old, reveals an unprecedented symbolic gesture. It is the result of a transdisciplinary study that has had great scientific and media repercussions.
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Álvarez-Alonso, D., de Andrés-Herrero, M., Díez-Herrero, A., Miralles-Mosquera, S., Sastre Barrio, M.C., Maté-González, M.A., Nieva Gómez, E., Díaz Delgado, M.R. & Ruiz Mediavilla, E. (2025). More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1
