Discover the oldest abstract drawing, a 73,000-year-old ochre design found in Blombos Cave that reflects ancient human cognition. It's a flake split from a larger piece of silcrete — a rock made from ...

It may be a symbol of the internet age but scientists in South Africa have found an ancient hashtag scrawled on a piece of rock that they believe is the world's oldest "pencil" drawing. The design, ...

It’s a symbol used by many people on a daily basis, and now scientists believe they may have found the origin of the hashtag. Researchers have discovered a drawing on rock in South Africa that dates ...

It is not the earliest deliberate design; some abstract engravings are far older, but the drawing shows early humans in southern Africa could produce designs on various surfaces with different ...