Beyond Homo Sapiens: Neanderthal Art

I’m currently taking an Archaeology in Pop Culture course, where we dedicated a week to discuss the depictions of neanderthal culture in popular culture and contrasted it to neanderthal’s actual abilities to produce works of art.  Because of movies like The Croods which highlight the differences between modern-day humans and Read more…

Is Art a Purely Human Activity?

In modern-day society, some people define art as a diverse and creative range of human activities that express the author’s imaginative or technical skill, coupled with underlying symbolic meaning. Although we are the only species that produces art and designs with symbolic value, we are not the only species that Read more…