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Microscopic analysis suggests the figurine was once painted with red ocher, according to Archaeology News.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
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.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025
But Taylor makes Hammons even more remarkable, taking Hammons back to his symbolic roots — in front of the red ocher facade of the Great Mosque at Djenné in Mali — with a grinning hyena nearby.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The barge skippers are highly competitive, in their own way, but their race is now largely about the preservation of British tradition, recalling a time when thousands of these craft plied the River Thames, transporting cargo — coal, barley, rubbish — under red ocher sails.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
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.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025
But Taylor makes Hammons even more remarkable, taking Hammons back to his symbolic roots — in front of the red ocher facade of the Great Mosque at Djenné in Mali — with a grinning hyena nearby.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The barge skippers are highly competitive, in their own way, but their race is now largely about the preservation of British tradition, recalling a time when thousands of these craft plied the River Thames, transporting cargo — coal, barley, rubbish — under red ocher sails.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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“Red ocher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20ocher. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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