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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-05-26 19:58:28+00:00.

Original Title: World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art. The fact that the pebble was selected because of its appearance and then marked with ochre shows that there was a human mind capable of symbolising, imagining, idealising and projecting his or her thoughts on an object