Antelope collagen found in 60,000-year-old ochre offers clues to early human practices

October 21, 2026 · 2:20 pm 1 sources

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• Antelope collagen found in 60,000-year-old ochre offers clues to early human practices
  Phys.org · October 21, 2026 14:20
  In the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a research team from Kyushu University, Universitetet i Bergen and the University of Copenhagen reports that it found traces of ancient collagen protein from the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), a species of antelope, on a 60,000-year-old…