In the sixth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur investigates a ...
Archaeologists have discovered two miniature bird figures carved from a mammoth tusk about 40,000 years ago in the Hole Fels cave in southern Germany. The findings show that representatives of early ...
Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.
Becky Albertalli's "Something Unpredictable" will publish next year and features two perspectives and an ensemble of "pining, lovesick mallrats." ...
Adrián Villar Rojas’s “First Gods, Lost Animals” is at the Aspen Art Museum through April 11, 2027. Photo by Jörg Baumann Courtesy the artist, Aspen Art Museum, kurimanzutto and Marian Goodman Gallery ...
Recent analysis of rock art in a Spanish cave has revealed that Neanderthals were creating abstract images and engravings at least 64,000 years ago, a time before modern humans had even arrived in ...
I recently learned the literal translation for the two-part Latin term, “homo sapiens.” I knew “homo” in Latin means “man,” representing “humans” more generally. I also knew that in Greek, “homo” has ...
Two newly discovered bird carvings reveal early humans' keen eye for artistry in the ice age world 40,000 years ago.
The Huashan rock paintings, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, stretch over 260 kilometers along the Zuojiang ...
New evidence suggests the extinct hominin Nutcracker Man was nearly 2 feet taller and dozens of pounds heavier than once ...
Early humans in England crafted a rare piece of elephant bone into a reusable hammer for sharpening stone tools nearly ...
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