Analyses of 40,000 year old ochre finds in Ethiopia's Porc-Epic Cave point to symbolic use

View of Porc-Epic Cave [Credit: A. Herrero]

Modifications on ochre pieces: (A, B) Striations produced by grinding PE102 and PE987. (C, D) Incisions

produced by scraping/scoring PE306 and PE1419. (E) Smoothed areas on PE3067. (F) Pits produced

by a pounding action on PE931 (OPT21)

Ochre pieces from Porc-Epic Cave [Credit: Daniela Eugenia Rosso et al. PLOS ONE]

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