On a 14-foot-long section of the cave wall, a hunting scene is splashed in dark red ochre pigment ... According to a new study about the mural published in the journal Nature this week, further ...

A nearly complete projectile point of dendritic chert, a mid-interval biface of translucent quartz, displaying relatively heavy red ochre residue and an "end-beveled" osseous rod, also exhibiting ...

Themes and Symbolism The murals depict gods, goddesses, celestial beings, and mythological scenes, often in vibrant red, ochre, green, and black hues. Lord Krishna’s childhood stories ...

The sketch by early humans, unearthed at an archeological dig site in a South African cave, was drawn with a red ochre crayon—and it may be the earliest drawing ever discovered. Although the ...

Some 73,000 years ago in what is now South Africa, an early human used a red ochre crayon to draw a cross-hatched pattern onto a smooth flake, according to new research published today.

One of the ancient chunks of red ochre— a type of reddish-brown clay used by prehistoric people around the world—is pebble-shaped. The other, viewed through a modern lens, resembles an ancient ...