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Ancient “Influencers” Carrying Art May Have Driven The Greatest Dispersal In Human HistoryA plaque found at Wetar Island shows a design commonly painted on the cliff faces of the area

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Ancient “Influencers” Carrying Art May Have Driven The Greatest Dispersal In Human HistoryA plaque found at Wetar Island shows a design commonly painted on the cliff faces of the area
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Ancient “Influencers” Carrying Art May Have Driven The Greatest Dispersal In Human History

clock-iconAugust 17, 2026

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Two Tiny Ivory Figurines Dating Back 40,000 Years Add To Enduring Mystery Of Why There Are So Few Birds Depicted In Ice Age ArtTwo ivory figurines of birds. The one on the left has its back to us showing patterned feathers on its wings, the one of the right is flatter and has a little beak and eyes.

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Two Tiny Ivory Figurines Dating Back 40,000 Years Add To Enduring Mystery Of Why There Are So Few Birds Depicted In Ice Age ArtTwo ivory figurines of birds. The one on the left has its back to us showing patterned feathers on its wings, the one of the right is flatter and has a little beak and eyes.
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Two Tiny Ivory Figurines Dating Back 40,000 Years Add To Enduring Mystery Of Why There Are So Few Birds Depicted In Ice Age Art

clock-iconJuly 31, 2026

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For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete DarknessPicture Cave rock art

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For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete DarknessPicture Cave rock art
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For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete Darkness

clock-iconJuly 29, 2026
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Prehistoric Rock Art Has An “Organizational Grammar”, And May Have Been Used For Communicative And Ritual PurposesMagdalenian rock art from Ekain Cave

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Prehistoric Rock Art Has An “Organizational Grammar”, And May Have Been Used For Communicative And Ritual PurposesMagdalenian rock art from Ekain Cave
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Prehistoric Rock Art Has An “Organizational Grammar”, And May Have Been Used For Communicative And Ritual Purposes

clock-iconJuly 24, 2026
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32 Symbols Found In Prehistoric Caves Across Europe Could Be The Oldest Systems Of Communication In The WorldPrehistoric mural drawings in Magura cave, Bulgaria

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32 Symbols Found In Prehistoric Caves Across Europe Could Be The Oldest Systems Of Communication In The WorldPrehistoric mural drawings in Magura cave, Bulgaria
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32 Symbols Found In Prehistoric Caves Across Europe Could Be The Oldest Systems Of Communication In The World

clock-iconJuly 13, 2026

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"We Got Very Excited": Ancient Human DNA Recovered From Cave Art For The First TimeA person standing in a white hazmat suit in a cave staring up at ancient paintings on the ceiling.

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"We Got Very Excited": Ancient Human DNA Recovered From Cave Art For The First TimeA person standing in a white hazmat suit in a cave staring up at ancient paintings on the ceiling.
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"We Got Very Excited": Ancient Human DNA Recovered From Cave Art For The First Time

clock-iconJuly 1, 2026

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Up To 10,000 Years Of Rock Art Found Scrawled At Rock Shelter In The Egyptian DesertRock art found on a rock shelter in South Sinai, Egypt.

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Up To 10,000 Years Of Rock Art Found Scrawled At Rock Shelter In The Egyptian DesertRock art found on a rock shelter in South Sinai, Egypt.
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Up To 10,000 Years Of Rock Art Found Scrawled At Rock Shelter In The Egyptian Desert

clock-iconFebruary 17, 2026
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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock ArtThe world's oldest known rock art: Narrowed finger hand stencils that have been created by blowing ochre (red) pigment over them, from Leang Jarie, Maros, Sulawesi

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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock ArtThe world's oldest known rock art: Narrowed finger hand stencils that have been created by blowing ochre (red) pigment over them, from Leang Jarie, Maros, Sulawesi
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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock Art

clock-iconJanuary 21, 2026
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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Artlines etched into a cave floor, believed to represent a map (left); blocks of moss-covered sandstone outside La Ségognole 3 (right)

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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Artlines etched into a cave floor, believed to represent a map (left); blocks of moss-covered sandstone outside La Ségognole 3 (right)
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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Art

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2025
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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years OldAn aerial view of the remaining intact portions of Lion Cavern, Ngwenya iron ore complex in northwest Eswatini.

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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years OldAn aerial view of the remaining intact portions of Lion Cavern, Ngwenya iron ore complex in northwest Eswatini.
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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years Old

clock-iconOctober 30, 2024
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Were Neanderthals Even More "Human" Than Us?Homo sapiens (human) standing next to a model of a Neanderthal dressed like a modern human.

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Were Neanderthals Even More "Human" Than Us?Homo sapiens (human) standing next to a model of a Neanderthal dressed like a modern human.
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Were Neanderthals Even More "Human" Than Us?

clock-iconSeptember 27, 2024
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Rock Art Shows Early Humans In South America's Contact With New World's AnimalsOne of the rock art panels in Serrania de la Lindosa studied as part of the project

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Rock Art Shows Early Humans In South America's Contact With New World's AnimalsOne of the rock art panels in Serrania de la Lindosa studied as part of the project
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Rock Art Shows Early Humans In South America's Contact With New World's Animals

clock-iconJuly 29, 2024
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Does Stone Age Cave Art Contain The World’s Earliest Writing And Lunar Calendars?Cave art calendar writing

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Does Stone Age Cave Art Contain The World’s Earliest Writing And Lunar Calendars?Cave art calendar writing
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Does Stone Age Cave Art Contain The World’s Earliest Writing And Lunar Calendars?

clock-iconApril 23, 2024
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8,200-Year-Old Paintings In Patagonia Helped Hunter-Gatherers Survive For 130 GenerationsCueva Huenul 1

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8,200-Year-Old Paintings In Patagonia Helped Hunter-Gatherers Survive For 130 GenerationsCueva Huenul 1
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8,200-Year-Old Paintings In Patagonia Helped Hunter-Gatherers Survive For 130 Generations

clock-iconFebruary 15, 2024
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First Prehistoric Charcoal Cave Art Discovery In France’s Dordogne Could Be Revelatory In Dating Other Findsbison cave art from the Vezere Valley, France

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First Prehistoric Charcoal Cave Art Discovery In France’s Dordogne Could Be Revelatory In Dating Other Findsbison cave art from the Vezere Valley, France
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First Prehistoric Charcoal Cave Art Discovery In France’s Dordogne Could Be Revelatory In Dating Other Finds

clock-iconDecember 19, 2023
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