A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with ...

We know from Roman art and Roman literature that they used dildos, that they existed. But we haven’t found any examples archaeologically yet,” he added. One of the reasons such objects are not ...

A flint object with a striking likeness to a human face may be one of the best examples of art by Neanderthal man ever found, the journal Antiquity reports. The "mask", which is dated to be about ...

“It’s the start of culture, the start of abstract thinking, the birth of art.” Researchers found the object in central Germany's Unicorn Cave. Matthias Süßen via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...

It is the oldest known example of “figurative” cave art in the world. Figurative artwork refers to art that depicts animals, humans, or objects from real life; they are not abstract.