A key experimental #archaeology study testing how effective #manganese dioxide (black manganese) is as a firestarter. #Neanderthals seem to used it a lot -- and it's not certain it would all have been #pigment.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-024-02047-9
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