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Author Neanderthals

Date of creation 72000 BCE - 60000 BCE

Les Pradelles Hyena Femur

A fragment of hyena femur from Les Pradelles, southwestern France, bearing nine deep, roughly parallel incisions. Analysis by Francesco d'Errico and colleagues reads the marks as a confirmed case of numerical notation, made in a single session.

Les Pradelles Hyena Femur