Scientists discover 42,000-year-old ‘crayon’ — colouring a new picture of early humans |
Move over, Crayola, the Neanderthals were colouring outside the lines long before we were. Archaeologists led by Francesco d’Errico from the University of Bordeaux, along with an international team of researchers, have unearthed what might be the world’s oldest “crayon” — a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick found at Neanderthal sites in Crimea and Ukraine. The…