110,000 years ago in Israel at Tinshemet Cave, humans and Neanderthals were buried with the same practices. There archiologists found "the extensive use of mineral pigments, particularly ochre, which may have been used for body decoration. This practice could have served to define social identities and distinctions among groups." - SciTech - Working TogetherCool article. The Ivory Lady was revered for eight generations after her death in Spain during the Iberian Copper Age. Buried with an ostrich egg, a tusk and crystal dagger, she was likely a world traveler - with mercury in her blood from red cinnabar.https://t.co/IMO35QLewy pic.x.com/3fRF8kpOkv
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