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This 400,000-year-old biface called Excalibur and found within the remains of 28 individuals of Homo heidelbergensis, is the only stone tool to be found at Sima de los Huesos, Spain. Made of red quartzite, experts believe that it has served as a ritual offering, most likely for a funeral
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A granite pebble discovered at the San Lázaro rock shelter near Segovia, Spain, bearing the 43,000-year-old red ochre fingerprint of a Neanderthal person. Researchers believe its placement shows an act of symbolic expression, perhaps even intended to represent a human face or figure.
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