The discovery could deepen our understanding of the Neanderthal mind, but some experts aren’t convinced by the interpretation ...

Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of ...

Noting how the finger-painted red dot combines with a series of natural depressions in the pebble to form an image, the ...

Archaeologists discovered a human fingerprint left on a rock in Spain now considered the oldest known human fingerprint.

The fingerprint was detected on a red mark on a 21.4 cm x 11.3 cm x 7.6 cm granite pebble containing quartz minerals.

Around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal dipped their finger in ocher and stamped the very center of a pebble. This one small ...

Scientists unearthed a granite pebble bearing the world's oldest known human fingerprint, left by a Neanderthal approximately ...

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed a 43,000-year-old pebble bearing a Neanderthal fingerprint, potentially the oldest ...

An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot. A study says it may have had symbolic ...

This kind of finding in a Neanderthal context was unexpected, she added. Herrero said she and her team carbon-dated the fingerprint, and they are certain it dates back about 43,000 years.

Microscopic examinations of the red dot revealed the whorls of the Neanderthal fingerprint that made it about 43,000 years ago. . | Credit: Álvarez-Alonso et al. 2025; CC BY 4.0 A red dot on a ...