Patterns deliberately etched onto a bone belonging to a giant deer are signs that Neanderthals possessed the capacity for symbolic thought. Neanderthals decorated themselves with feathers, drew cave ...

The design may be simple, but a chevron pattern etched onto a deer bone more than 50,000 years ago suggests that Neanderthals had their own artistic tradition before modern humans arrived on the scene ...

PARIS — The design may be simple, but a chevron pattern etched onto a deer bone more than 50,000 years ago suggests that Neanderthals had their own artistic tradition before modern humans arrived on ...

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The design may be simple, but a chevron pattern etched onto a deer bone more than 50,000 years ago suggests that Neanderthals had their own artistic tradition before modern humans arrived on the scene ...

A bone to pick from Germany’s Unicorn Cave. Plus fireflies in sync, peer review in crisis and China’s astronauts at work in their spacesuits. By Virginia Hughes In 2019, a team of archaeologists ...

Scientists have discovered a giant deer toe bone, engraved by Neanderthals — a hint that our ancient cousins had conceptual imagination. Beneath the pine and birch forest of northern Germany lies ...

Beneath the pine and birch forest of northern Germany lies Unicorn Cave, named for the bones found by medieval treasure hunters. DIRK LEDER: Being very smart people, those excavators sold these ...

In the heart of Lucknow, where culture breathes through narrow lanes and timehonoured traditions, an ancient art quietly endures—bone carving, a practice where skilled hands transform humble remains ...

A tiny 13,300-year-old bone carving of bird unearthed at a rubbish tip has been hailed as 'China's oldest work of art' by an international team of scientists. The small bird carving, recovered from ...

In Lucknow, bone carving persists as a delicate art form, transforming buffalo and camel bones into intricate creations. Artisans, inspired by Mughal designs and nature, meticulously carve dagger ...