Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at the possible capacity of Neanderthals to create art.

The find may be traceable to an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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The inscription measures roughly four by five feet. Within its chiseled border lie 255 runic symbols — characters from ...

An ochre dot in Spain may hold one of the oldest, most complete Neandertal fingerprints, hinting at symbolic behavior in our ancient relatives.

The pebble marked with the print, found in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, hints at the possible capacity of Neanderthals to create symbolic art, according to a new study.

Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at the possible capacity of Neanderthals to create art.

Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. ... At left, a photo shows the excavation in the San Lázaro rock shelter where the archaeological artifact was found.