(IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Caption

Calcite fragment with pigment underneath from Escoural, Portugal, stored in a membrane box.

Credit

© Alba Bossoms Mesa

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To be used only for reporting on the research by Alba Bossoms Mesa et al. (2026).

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