Like his father and grandfather, Inoke “Male” Pomale is a master carver. He works with local cow bones, bison bones from Montana, and fossilized mammoth and whale bones from Alaska and Siberia. Inoke ...

The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a study released Monday. The discovery is further ...

During the Middle Ages, people ventured into the cave now called Einhornhohle to collect unicorn bones. It’s tempting to wonder whether those medieval cryptid hunters would be disappointed or ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

In the canals of the Yangtze delta, researchers uncovered 5,000-year-old human bones shaped into cups and mask-like pieces. The polish, carved edges, and deliberate cuts reveal a practice few expected ...

A 51,000-year-old carved bone fragment may be one of the earliest works of art, researchers announced in a paper published this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. The work, made from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neanderthals made parallel marks on this bear bone. A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was deliberately marked with cuts and ...

Tucked away inside Szobrasz Studio in Taylorsville, a self-taught artist — and now something of a YouTube star — coaxes works of art from natural materials. Using wood, horn, fossil ivories, bone and ...

In Lucknow, bone carving persists as a delicate art form, transforming buffalo and camel bones into intricate creations. Artisans, inspired by Mughal designs and nature, meticulously carve dagger ...

A tiny 13,300-year-old bone carving of bird unearthed at a rubbish tip has been hailed as 'China's oldest work of art' by an international team of scientists. The small bird carving, recovered from ...