Site in Nihewan Basin shows, ‘a potential signpost of a migration event of our species’, says Australian researcher A 40,000-year-old archaeological site in northern China has unearthed the earliest ...

Evidence of advanced toolmaking The team's study, now published in Science Advances, examines seven ochre pieces discovered in the sediments found in Blombos Cave, dated to approximately 90,000 to ...

Humans have used color to express creativity and cultural significance for thousands of years. The use of colored materials, such as ochre, has long been considered a key indicator of symbolic ...

Ochre is still used throughout parts of Africa as a form of sunscreen. Its uses go back 285,000 years. Supplied In Africa, ochre is used for protection from the sun and as a barrier from insects such ...

Qafzeh Cave in Israel is a remarkable site that contains many skeletons of humans who lived there about 100,000 years ago. Archaeologists have recently discovered fragments of red ochre - a form of ...

Archaeologists are learning how we evolved our cognitive abilities with the help of ochre, an ancient pigment used for everything from body paint to sunscreen. Smeared on shells, piled in graves, ...