A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was deliberately marked with cuts and might be one of the oldest art pieces in Eurasia crafted by the Neanderthals, researchers say. The roughly cylindrical ...

Published (DOI: 10.1038/s41413-025-00409-0) on March 3, 2025, in Bone Research, a study led by researchers from the University of Michigan and collaborating institutions delves into this mystery.

The bone study’s first author and principal investigator, Dr. Meryl S. LeBoff, an osteoporosis expert at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said she was surprised. She had expected a benefit.