More than a Fingerprint on a Pebble: A Pigment-Marked Object From San Lázaro Rock-Shelter in the Context of Neanderthal Symbolic Behavior

More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior

The pebble discovered in the San Lázaro rock-shelter (Segovia, Central Spain) is the oldest known non-utilitarian object with a fingerprint made in Eu

Scientists in Spain have announced that they have discovered the oldest human print, and this could prove that people of all ages have created art. It is estimated that complete printing – the age of which is estimated at about 43,000 years – was printed at the time when a non-andertal man [...]

"Perico", the stone with the footprint discovered at the San Lázaro shelter site, opens new windows into the symbolic mind of the Neanderthals

Researchers from several Spanish centers discover the oldest human fingerprint in the world at the Abrigo de San Lázaro site in the city of Segovia. The details of the analysis are published in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. The research group consists of scientists from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), an e…

In the San Lázaro shelter, in the vicinity of Segovia, a team of scientists has discovered a granite pebble in which there is painted a red ochre dot on which the fingerprint of a Neanderthal was engraved, approximately 43,000 years ago. The discovery, confirmed by forensic techniques and microscopy [...]