New study demonstrates that certain incised stone artefacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...

Recent archaeological discoveries are challenging established narratives of human origins and creativity. A 64,000-year-old cave art found in Europe is compelling scientists to rethink timelines of ...

“Archaeologists must solidly define what a symbol is …” (Coolidge, 2023). Archaeology is a field that traces the human past through material remains. Symbols are an important part of this process and ...

Imagination may not be a privilege for humans alone, as research with a language-experienced bonobo in controlled cognitive testing showed. The scient.

Newly uncovered cave art in Europe has revealed that Neanderthals were capable of symbolic expression long before modern humans arrived, rewriting the story of human cultural origins. Researchers ...

New research suggests that Europe may not be where human symbolic culture first began. Scientists have discovered an ancient hand stencil in Indonesia that is nearly 68,000 years old. This finding ...

Indonesian cave art, 67,800 years old, is humanity's oldest known artwork. Hand stencils reveal early symbolic thinking and art by Homo sapiens. Discovery challenges idea that Europe was the ...