Julien Benoit, the paper’s author, explains to Popular Science that the painting is thus doubly significant: “First for the ...

Artwork always has a story behind it. Whether you picked up the piece on a memorable trip, the meaning represents something ...

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by ...

The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.

Researchers working with Indigenous experts have uncovered fascinating information about a set of ancient rock engravings in ...

Have you ever wondered what wildlife wanders through your garden when you're not watching? Footprint tunnels are a great way to discover which small animals are out and about, and it's easy to make ...

Fossilised bones are some of the most tangible evidence of a dinosaur, but they aren't the only way to study these prehistoric animals. Preserved footprints, also known as ichnites, are a type of ...

"It's about 8,200 years old," says Dr Alison Burns, pointing to a perfectly preserved human footprint pressed into ancient mud on Formby Beach. It is one of hundreds of newly discovered ancient ...

“Sometimes we see animal footprints. We see their footprints and can tell that the elephants are still around,” she told The Associated Press from her home, where she stays with her elderly ...

People, objects and even countries all have a carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is a number, often measured in tonnes, kilograms, or grams, that represents the total amount of carbon dioxide ...

The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower incomes, no matter which country they come from.

Auction house Christie's opened its regional headquarters in Hong Kong on Friday as its Asia Pacific chief predicted a sales "pickup" despite a global art market weighed down by wary sellers.