There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

The bones and skulls were found strewn among animal remains, a burial that was meant to humiliate a conquered rival even after defeat ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

The emergence of artistic expression, abstract thought, and symbolic behavior may have occurred much earlier in human history than previously assumed. Presenting a collection of deliberate engravings ...

An international team of scientists has tentatively found some of the earliest indications of alcoholic drink production in the Patos Lagoon region of Brazil. State-of-the-art analysis of pottery ...

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking information and investigating vandalism on a pictograph site in Utah.

For example ... such as only males hunting, making art and tools and performing rituals, while women were in more passive ...

The Bureau of Land Management is investigating how a name came to be scrawled across ancient carvings of big horn sheep.

"We wanted to study the acoustics of these rock art ... for example, they used archaic vocal techniques, archaic instruments, folk singing styles or reconstruction of a possible prehistoric ...

Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is ...