The figurine originates from a red-brown, clayey silt at the base of ∼1 m of Aurignacian deposits. One fragment was attributed to feature 10, a small area rich in charcoal at the base of ...

New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music. The new dates use improved methods to remove contamination ...

Thousands of marks carved into Paleolithic artifacts suggest that early modern humans were using structured symbols to communicate as far back as 40,000 years ago, a detailed analysis has found. The ...

Excavations in the summer of 2008 at the sites of Hohle Fels and Vogelherd produced new evidence for Paleolithic music in the form of the remains of one nearly complete bone flute and isolated small ...

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Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research shows the piece to be ...

A multinational team analysed stone tools recovered during a recent re-excavation of the find site of the Venus of Willendorf in Austria. The authors identified the stone tools as belonging to the ...

An archaeological study describes symbolic objects of the Levantine Aurignacian culture. The Levantine Aurignacian culture exhibits similarities with the Aurignacian culture in Eurasia. However, the ...

During excavations in the Hohle Fels cave, archaeologists uncovered two bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory, hinting at humans’ striking artistic sense 40,000 years ago. View on euronews ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of marks carved into Paleolithic artifacts suggest that early modern humans were using structured symbols to communicate ...