A 45,500-year-old cave painting of a wild pig found in Indonesia is considered the oldest known figurative art. This ...

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

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not ...

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

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

A cave painting on an Indonesian island is ... of early human artistic culture in Indonesia from a very early point in time. “Humans have probably been telling stories for much longer than ...

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 ...

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

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The artist and critic Walter Robinson, who helmed Artnet Magazine, has died. He was a widely influential, pioneering figure.

David Caves returned to television screens as Jack Hodgson in the new series of the BBC's hit drama Silent Witness which ...

The Lindsay Art Association is pleased to present The Human Form, an exhibition that delves into the diverse ways artists perceive, interpret, and represent the human figure. The depiction of the ...