a 260-gram, 8.3 cm long, reddish-brown jasperite cobble, ca 3M years before present with natural chipping and wear patterns that make it look like a crude rendition of a human face. it has been suggested that some australopithecine might have recognized it as a symbolic face, in possibly the earliest example of symbolic thinking or aesthetic sense in the human heritage, and brought the pebble back to the cave. This would make it a candidate for the oldest known manuport

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