This article was originally published with the title “ The Evolution of Paleolithic Art ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 218 No. 2 (February 1968), p. 58 doi:10.1038 ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice ... in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make pigments -- black ...

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

A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, ...

These findings expand the known repertoire of Ice Age art and offer remarkable insights ... were critical to the survival of ...