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Several years ago, there was a jovial debate why Chris Messina, a former Google designer who proposed Twitter use the hashtag to sort topics, did not patent the idea and make millions off it – it ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest human-made drawings ever found. Discovered in a cave in South Africa, the cross-hatch pattern was drawn in red ochre and found to date back over 70 ...

Archaeologists have made an incredible finding of a human drawing that dates back more than 70,000 years, making it the oldest human drawing ever discovered. The rest of this article is behind a ...

Neanderthals died out about 60,000 years ago–and it may be associated with their poor artistic skills. A new study from UC Davis examines how Neanderthals’ lack of drawing ability, and Homo sapiens’ ...

In an ancient seaside cave on the South African coast, archaeologists have found what may be the earliest known drawing created by a human. This ancient piece of art is about 73,000 years old, its ...