Recent discoveries show the one-time Homo sapien competitors were creative enough to craft stone multitools and even collect small trinkets. A recent study published in the journal Science Advances now adds a more colorful dimension to the early hominins. The latest Neanderthal art discovery comes from a team led by Francesco d’Errico, a researcher of early sapiens at France’s University of Bordeaux. The team then used scanning electron microscopes and portable X-ray scanners to examine their finds. Many of the ochre fragments showed signs of being used for making marks, such as polished, sharpened, and engraved surfaces.