A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, children participated in cave paintings because they were seen as mediators ...

Artists and scientists are finding ways to highlight troublesome plants and animals, tell their stories and, in some cases, ...

As an example of this, Fischer relates a story from the 1990s. She was working on a painting that her son modeled for titled, ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

Continually drawn to abstraction and geometry, Smith is known for his mesmerizing works that infuse elaborate, often ...