For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

As we reflect on 2025, we’re taking a peek into our archive to spotlight some of the stories we’re still thinking about. It’s ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

Families filled the Burpee Museum of Natural History this weekend for its annual Holocene Holiday, an event focused on life ...

A 45,500-year-old warty pig drawing is the oldest known cave painting of an animal on record. The piggies were painted in ...

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Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

A dog’s curiosity led to the discovery of a hidden cave, leaving scientists in awe of what lay inside.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.