This article was originally published with the title “ The Evolution of Paleolithic Art ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 218 No. 2 (February 1968), p. 58 doi:10.1038 ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice ... in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make pigments -- black ...

There is mounting evidence indicating that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary origins and not just a ...

A recent study has shed new light on the cognitive and cultural complexity of human societies during the Middle Paleolithic ...