Hidden charcoal reveals the true age of ancient cave paintings
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Researchers using Raman microspectrometry and hyperspectral imaging discovered charcoal within black pigments at Font-de-Gaume cave in France, enabling radiocarbon dating that revealed a bison painting is approximately 13,000 years old and a mask-like figure was painted in multiple widely separated periods.
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