Ancient Seal Lends Credence to Biblical Samson Tale
Archaeologists date relic, found in dig near Jerusalem, to the 12th century B.C.
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Colossal Human Sculpture Unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an enormous stone sculpture of a Neo-Hittite warrior-king daring from the first millennium B.C.
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Modern Culture May Have Emerged 30,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Poisoned-tipped arrows and jewelry made of ostrich egg beads found in South Africa show modern culture may have emerged about 30,000 years earlier in the area than previously thought, according to two articles published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research shows that the 44,000-year-old artifacts are characteristic of the…
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Rethinking Labels Boosts Creativity
Rethinking Labels Boosts Creativity: Thinking generically leads to innovative uses for everyday items
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Pottery Alters View of Human Development
Pottery fragments found in a south China cave have been confirmed to be 20,000 years old, making them the oldest known pottery, archaeologists say. The findings add to recent efforts that have dated pottery piles in East Asia to more than 15,000 years ago, rebutting conventional theories that the invention of pottery correlates to the…
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How Listeners Shape the Evolution of Music
Audience responses may help composers fine-tune their works over time
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First Painters May Have Been Neanderthal, Not Human
European cave paintings are older than previously thought, raising the possibility that Neanderthals rather than Homo sapiens were the earliest painters. That’s not yet certain: The paintings may have been made by humans at an unexpectedly early date, which would itself raise intriguing questions, though none so tantalizing as Neanderthal painters. Researchers measured the ages…
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‘Prometheus’ Offers a Creationist Indulgence for Science Geeks
“Prometheus,” the new movie from the director Ridley Scott, is a scientific and spiritual quest. The scientists in the movie think somebody or something else created us. Creationism? Yes, in a way, but creationism for geeks, of the sort that science fiction writers and scientists have long indulged in. It does not run counter to…
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Animated Stone Age Art
Welcome to Animation Domination, Stone Age style. By about 30,000 years ago, Europeans were using cartoon-like techniques to give observers the impression that lions and other wild beasts were charging across cave walls, two French investigators find. Ancient artists created graphic stories in caves and illusions of moving animals on rotating bone disks, say archaeologist…
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Child’s Play Becomes More Creative
Despite the fact that today’s kids have less time to play than previous generations, children’s creative play has increased, recent research finds. The study seems to oppose earlier findings that children’s creativity has dropped since the 1990s. However, it’s possible that increased creativity in play isn’t translating to creativity in other activities, Case Western University…