New study demonstrates that certain incised stone artefacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...

In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of Madrid and collaborators have uncovered a compelling trace of Neanderthal ...

In a rugged landscape in central Spain, archaeologists have discovered a unique granite cobblestone marked with a red ochre dot that preserves the mark of a Neandertal fingerprint. Dating back ...

Researchers in Spain say they have found evidence that Neanderthals were capable of creating art — challenging the idea that art began with the modern humans who succeeded them. The canvas was a ...

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Isobel Wisher, a postdoctoral researcher in the Evolution ...

What if parts of our personality—our capacity for fear, bonding, caregiving, and even symbolic meaning—are influenced not only by evolution and environment but also by an ancient viral code embedded ...

An 18,000 year-old charcoal drawing of a stag in Spain. Credit: Dr. Izzy Wisher. Courtesy of the Gobierno de Cantabria. In July, researchers discovered the oldest known cave art. It was found in a ...

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. What children's cave art tells us about life 14,000 years ago Ice-age children are behind some ...