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Prehistoric Art

Symbolism Color Theory Naturalistic Representation

12,000-Year-Old Israeli Figurine Sets Earliest Known Depiction of a Human–Animal Encounter

Laboratory analyses point to deliberate firing with pigment traces, hinting at ritual placement.

Earliest European Blue Pigment Confirmed on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint