The Makapansgat Pebble: Did Early Hominins Recognize Faces in Stone? | Ancient Origins

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Explore the Makapansgat pebble, a 3-million-year-old stone resembling a face, found next to Australopithecus bones. Is it the earliest evidence of the capacity of symbolic thought?

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