title: Latest line in neanderthal decoration
abstract: A bone from a raven's wing carved with regularly spaced notches is the best evidence yet that Neanderthals, too, had an eye for aesthetics. Francesco d'Errico at the University of Bordeaux, France, and colleagues examined a 38,000 to 43,000 year old raven bone from a Neanderthal site in Crimea. Five of its seven carved notches are parallel, with a similar depth and shape, suggesting they were cut with the same tool
journal: The New Scientist