Study: South Africans used milk-based paint 49,000 years ago

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 18:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Brooks HaysBOULDER, Colo., July 1 (UPI) -- Nearly 50,000 years ago, the people of South Africa used milk- and ochre-based paints to adorn themselves, as well as stones and wooden slabs.

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