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How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

To make sense of aesthetically pleasing ancient objects and what they tell us about how their creators thought, archaeologists must temper imagination with science

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The Makapansgat pebble is seen on display as part of the exhibition

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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MosaiQ's generated images

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Quantum AI image generator is no match for ones on ordinary computers

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Painting at the top of Mont Blanc

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Engineer Jason Lyon poses as he views Loo Garden, a temporary subterranean garden designed to represent a future healthier River Thames, in a section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel - commonly known as the 'Super Sewer' - a 25 kilometre tunnel being built across London under and along the River Thames to deal with combined sewer overflows currently polluting the river, in London, Britain, June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC22T1ANLLXT

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See the garden blooming in a 'super sewer' deep below London

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Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Scans of Girl with a Pearl Earring reveal painting's hidden secrets

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Artistic artefacts are rewriting the timeline of ancient South America

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Sir Maurice Youge, Internationally renowned marine zoologist (1899-1986). His hybrid form is based on the local murex shell

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These beautiful sculptures are watching over the Great Barrier Reef

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Patterns and letters written in water

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Underwater writing technique lets you draw patterns in liquids

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Hilma af Klint The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 9, Old Age, 1907 Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you’ve never seen it before

The pioneering work of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, who trained in the late 19th century, is finally brought into conversation at the Tate Modern in London

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Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal sourced in Germany

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Atomic Light review: Solar astronomers rescue an uneven installation

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Your Brain on Art review: Fascinating guide needs a bit more science

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Moai statue discovered in a dried-up lake on Easter Island

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