A version of this article appears in print on March 4, 2024, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: No Face Paint or Animals? Yes, the Circus Is in Town..

Roughly 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man dipped his finger in red ocher and painted a nose on a rock that looked like a human face. This is the scenario presented by archaeologists in a paper ...

Did a Neanderthal Who Lived 43,000 Years Ago Paint a Red Nose on a Rock That Looked Like a Face? Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the ...