Eland protein found in 60,000-year-old ochre layer offers clues to early human practices in South Africa

Researchers have found traces of animal protein mixed into a 60,000-year-old layer of red ochre in South Africa. The protein comes from the common eland, a large antelope native to the region. A team from Kyushu University, the University of Bergen, and the University of Copenhagen published the results in Proceedings of the Royal Society […]

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