The genetic basis for the emergence of creativity in modern humans remains a mystery
despite sequencing the genomes of chimpanzees and Neanderthals, our closest hominid …

The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene—an epoch of gradual cooling and
amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival …

Previous dating research indicated that the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is host to some of
the oldest known rock art,–. That work was based on solution uranium-series (U-series) …

Some of humanity's earliest ancestors lived in southern Africa and evidence from sites there
has inspired key debates on human origins and the emergence of complex cognition …

Much remains unknown about the population history of early modern humans in southeast
Asia, where the archaeological record is sparse and the tropical climate is inimical to the …

Cueva de Ardales in Málaga, Spain, is one of the richest and best-preserved Paleolithic
painted caves of southwestern Europe, containing over a thousand graphic representations …

This paper offers a broad and critical overview of current discussions on the potential uses
and the characterization of pigments in prehistory, with a special focus on prehistoric rock …

Here we report on Neanderthal engravings on a cave wall at La Roche-Cotard (LRC) in
central France, made more than 57±3 thousand years ago. Following human occupation …

Abstract At Quesang on the Tibetan Plateau we report a series of hand and foot impressions
that appear to have been intentionally placed on the surface of a unit of soft travertine. The …

The timing for the evolution of the capacity to inscribe the landscape with rock art has global
relevance. While this was an in-built capacity when Homo sapiens first colonized the …