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A Mysterious Boulder Carved to Look Like a Tortoise Shell May Offer Evidence of the Middle East’s Earliest Ritual Ceremonies
The 35,000-year-old rock was found in Manot Cave, which was inhabited by both prehistoric humans and Neanderthals ...
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35,000-year-old 'tortoise shell' carving may be Holy Land's oldest evidence of ritual behavior
Although there may be some earlier evidence of ritual practices by modern humans, such as the 40,000-year-old "lion man" ...