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Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate ancestors.

Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate ancestors.

A team of scientists theorize that a kite-shaped stone found on the coast of South Africa was intentionally shaped to resemble an endemic blue stingray species.

A specialist team have studied what was first thought to be a simple rock and have come to the tentative conclusion that it is a sand sculpture of a stingray,

It doesn't look like much to the untrained eye, but experts say it could be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.

From acclaimed pop spectacles to Super Bowl halftime shows to the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics, artist and stage designer Es Devlin has tran…

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Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the abilities of Neanderthals and other archaic humans

A new exhibition opened by the Western Cape premier proves modern man’s origins include what is now the De Hoop Nature and Marine Reserve.

Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.