A small stone found in a central Spanish rock shelter has revealed what may be the oldest known human fingerprint in Europe—and possibly the earliest symbolic depiction of a face. Dated to approximately 43,000 years ago, the artifact bears a red ocher mark …
Category: Archeology
A Fossil Sat in Silence for 37 Years—Now It’s Been Unmasked as a New Prehistoric Predator
A marine reptile fossil first discovered in 1988 on Vancouver Island, Canada, has been formally recognized as a new genus and species of plesiosaur, ending nearly 40 years of scientific uncertainty. The creature, now named Traskasaura sandrae, lived around 85 million years …