The very modern human traits of complex and abstract thinking may have evolved in Africa 77,000 years ago--almost twice as early as previously believed--according to a team of anthropologists who ...

A single wooden sculpture dominates the Nightingale-Brown House’s gallery space. Gail Whitsitt-Lynch’s giant, abstract carving called “BitterSweet” has been on display since May, and leaves the ...

And sculptor Chango Chitoko has managed to artfully bring out the hornbill’s motherly characteristics in her works predominantly made out of springstone, dolomite and green opal which has wowed local ...

From medieval stone-carved Síle na Gigs depicting naked women to decorated Celtic High Crosses, Galway's Iron Age Turoe Stone and the abstract carvings of circles, spirals and lozenges at the ...

The discovery of "art" carved by Neanderthals – close, extinct relatives of our own species Homo sapiens – in a cave on Gibraltar is being hailed as proof that these long-derided early human were just ...

More than 250 new examples of England's finest array of prehistoric rock art carvings, sited close to the Scottish border, have been discovered by archaeologists compiling a unique database. Now over ...