European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Mar 17 2007, Irani

Prehistoric peoples of the French Pyrenees may be trading scarce manganese oxide mineral. This is evidence from the bull’s muzzle of a cave painting, with 17,000-year old mineral composition. The ancient painting is the — Great Bull of Lascaux. It is a..

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