Antelope Collagen Found in 60,000-Year-Old Ochre Offers Clues to Early Human Practices
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Antelope collagen found in 60,000-year-old ochre offers clues to early human practices
In the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a research team from Kyushu University, Universitetet i Bergen and the University of Copenhagen reports that it found traces of ancient collagen protein from the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), a species of antelope, on a 60,000-year-old ochre-rich surface in the Kilpdrift Complex, a Middle and Later Stone Age archaeological site located within the coastal cliffs of the De Hoop Nature Reserve in South Africa.
Presby-Smaniuses/Statements/Statements An international team of researchers discovered traces of animal proteins dating back to about 60,000 years, inside an archaeological sediment in South Africa, which provides evidence
What accompanied the ochre, the red pigment used by the first humans? In a South African archaeological site, part of the answer came from something invisible:...
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