Recent archaeological excavations in Crimea have unearthed a fascinating aspect of Neanderthal culture: the crafting and use ...

Neanderthals living in Ukraine’s Crimea region deliberately shaped ochre into crayon-like tools for making marks and designs.

A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought ...

The shaped and reused crayons, engraved patterns, and tool marks suggest that some ochre materials were intentionally used ...

Researchers found crayon-like objects in Crimea and Ukraine that suggest Neanderthals may have engaged in symbolic expression ...

I n another blow to the image of Neanderthal as brutish troglodyte, we’ve identified the tools the ancient hominin used to ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...

Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under a tree line with its mother. Bryant, hoping ...

Ochre is an iron-rich mineral pigment that was used by many ancient civilizations for color, decoration and practical tasks ...

LOS ANGELES — In a tiny South African cave, archaeologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old art studio that contains tools for mixing red and yellow rocks with animal fat and marrow to make vibrant ...

Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, adding to evidence that Neanderthals used ...