Meanwhile, Blombos itself kept yielding treasures ... Even more than the cave art, these first concrete expressions of consciousness represent a leap from our animal past toward what we are ...

It is quite possible that similar cave art in other caves in Western Europe is of Neanderthal origin as well,” he added. Open ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced ... of figures first engraved into the stone and at others painted directly onto the cave wall.

But a team of AFP journalists was recently allowed to visit the cave for the first time, accompanied by scientists working to unravel its mysteries. After unlocking the metal grate that blocks the ...

The motifs, which depict human forms and animals, are some of the largest known cave images found in North America and may represent spirits of the underworld. In the first image above ...