Topic ID #16430 - posted 2/14/2012 3:49 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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Neanderthals Used Red Ochre Pigment 250,000 Years Ago
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Neanderthals Used Red Ochre Pigment 250,000 Years Ago
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
A new study shows that Neanderthals used the iron oxide pigments much earlier than thought.
Neanderthals Used Red Ochre Pigment 250,000 Years Ago
We have seen cave paintings where the splashy red pigment was used to create images by ancient humans in present-day Europe tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists have said that ancient humans used it generally in Europe about 40,000 - 60,000 years ago, in West Asia as long ago as 100,000 years, and by the ancients in Africa as long ago as 200,000-250,000 years. Now, a new study suggests that Neanderthals were also using it in the present-day Netherlands region of Europe as far back as 200,000-250,000 years ago, if not earlier.
Read more here.
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
A new study shows that Neanderthals used the iron oxide pigments much earlier than thought.
Neanderthals Used Red Ochre Pigment 250,000 Years Ago
We have seen cave paintings where the splashy red pigment was used to create images by ancient humans in present-day Europe tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists have said that ancient humans used it generally in Europe about 40,000 - 60,000 years ago, in West Asia as long ago as 100,000 years, and by the ancients in Africa as long ago as 200,000-250,000 years. Now, a new study suggests that Neanderthals were also using it in the present-day Netherlands region of Europe as far back as 200,000-250,000 years ago, if not earlier.
Read more here.
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