The researchers unearthed 427 artefacts, including stone tools and the first ochre pieces- the red-coloured rock used in ...

"The Tibetan Plateau was previously thought to be uninhabitable during the last glacial maximum," said Li. Evidence found in the region shows that humans lived on the Tibetan Plateau before and after ...

The presence of large chunks of ochre near human remains—including a 4-5 cm piece found between the legs of one buried individual—hints at their ritual significance. Evidence of heat treatment to ...

Adding some much-needed color to this archaeological black hole, the study authors report the discovery of 46 ochre pieces from the Toumboura III site in Senegal. Based on the angles and strike ...