Ancient rock art’s colours come from microbes (BBC News)

A very interesting story about the contribution of microbes to the colours of these ancient artworks.

Ancient rock art’s colours come from microbes
A particular type of ancient rock art in Western Australia maintains its vivid colours because it is alive, researchers have found.

Click here to read the BBC story

Thanks to visitor Naomi for the link!

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