On Wednesday, scientists announced further proof that creativity and symbolic thought emerged in Africa, further debunking conventional belief that that Homo sapiens didn’t express creativity and ...

Researchers have reported the discovery of the oldest known drawing in a cave on the southern coast of South Africa, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The drawing, which takes the ...

Some 73,000 years ago in what is now South Africa, an early human used a red ochre crayon to draw a cross-hatched pattern onto a smooth flake, according to new research published today. It’s now ...

Researchers believe the pattern on the fragment of rock is 73,000 years old, but are perplexed as to what it might represent It lacks the grace of Leonardo and has none of the warmth of Rubens, but ...

Scientists have found the oldest known drawing in history -- and it looks #familiar. The 73,000-year-old red cross-hatch pattern looks just like a hashtag, also recognizable as the US pound sign, the ...

Scientists working in Blombos Cave in the Western Cape have made a discovery that changes our understanding of when our human ancestors started expressing themselves through drawings. They’ve found a ...

Scientists working in Blombos Cave in South Africa's southern Cape region have made a discovery that changes our understanding of when our human ancestors started expressing themselves through ...