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The Inextricable Link Between Cave Art Tourism and Job Opportunities in India

Tsuktiben Jamir With its rich culture and art, India weaves a vibrant tapestry that has mesmerised people worldwide for centuries. From awe-inspiring ancient monuments and temples to lively festivals and diverse traditional crafts, India offers its locals and visitors a treasure trove of experiences. The country’s cultural heritage is a testament to its glorious past, […]

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This Tiny-Brained Human Species May Have Buried Their Dead, Regulated Fire, and Created Art.

Pratiksha Shome The size of the human brain has increased thrice throughout the millions of years that it has been evolving, and behaviour has become exponentially more complex. Simple stone tools were all that the early, small-brained hominins (human family members) could produce. Later, more intelligent ancestors created more advanced tools and established more sophisticated

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Unveiling the Enigma: Unsubstantiated Claims of Rock Art and Burial Practices by Smaller-Brained Homo Naledi

Tsuktiben Jamir Despite having hands and feet that resembled those of modern humans, Homo naledi, a hominin found in the Rising Star cave system in Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, had a brain that was just one-third the size of a modern human, a trait that experts had previously ascribed to a sign of the species’

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Picasso stolen in 9-yr-old heist found; \’worthless\’ Fragonard goes for £6.5mn

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends

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