New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began ...

Researchers Discover Paleolithic Cave Art Dated 66,000 Years Ago, Reveal Neanderthals to Be the ‘First Artists' Painting from ...

Archaeologists in Chintamani taluk, Karnataka, have discovered 40 prehistoric sites, uncovering rock paintings from the ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

This is not because prehistoric humans did not produce art. There is ample evidence from around the world of prehistoric art dating to as far back as 50,000 years ago. This is why researchers for ...

A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...

A recent study has shed new light on the cognitive and cultural complexity of human societies during the Middle Paleolithic ...

There is mounting evidence indicating that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary origins and not just a ...

Archaeologists discovered clusters of red ocher drawings scattered on rocks and cliffs across Canaima National Park—and have ...