The Blombos pebble isn't much to look at, but it's wonderful to think about. What makes it so intriguing is the way that it expands, or perhaps compresses, the whole history of art. That iron oxide ...

Early humans developed sophisticated techniques for sharpening stone spear points more than 75,000 years ago, at least 50,000 years earlier than archaeologists had previously believed, researchers ...

Pictured is a Still Bay bifacial point from Blombos Cave in South Africa made of silcrete and finished by pressure flaking, primarily at the tip. Image courtesy Science/AAAS A highly skillful and ...

Nine red lines on a stone flake found in a South African cave may be the earliest known drawing made by Homo sapiens, archaeologists reported on Wednesday. The artifact, which scientists think is ...

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 ...

Shells that may have been used as personal ornaments 100,000 years ago, shed light on the development of modern human identities, according to a study in the Journal of Human Evolution. The shells ...

An exciting find in Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South Africa, is believed to be the world's oldest art studio. According to Discover News, an exciting find in Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South ...

Blombos Cave interior panorama view. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 14, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Chris Henshilwood of University of Bergen ...