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"What we are discovering is that these ancient ancestors are a lot more like us than we had previously thought,” the London furniture conservator said.

On Feb. 1, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will pass to within 28 million miles (42 million km) of our planet, its first visit in 50,000 years.

Dots and lines in Paleolithic cave art indicate Ice Age people kept track of migrating animals by way of lunar calendars.

"What we are discovering is that these ancient ancestors are a lot more like us than we had previously thought,” the London furniture conservator said.

Heres how to watch a free livestream of comet C/2022 E3 ZTF as it reaches perihelion, or its closest approach to the sun.

A rare green comet that will pass by earth for the first time in 50,000 years, or since the Stone Age. If we’re lucky, it may be visible to the naked eye.

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New reports explain how enigmatic markings on paintings at the Lascaux cave and other Paleolithic cave art in Europe are the earliest form of proto writing.

Weeks after looking for Santa flying across the sky, Utahns can turn their heads up to look for something ever more rare than a Jolly Old St. Nick sighting.

Stone Age dots, lines and Y-shaped marks might represent a type of proto-writing created by hunter-gatherers who lived in Europe at least 20,000 years ago. At least 20,000 years ago, humans living in Europe created striking cave paintings of...