But there is also a new element in the mix, something I would describe as a thoroughly disarming tenderness.  The occasion for this turn toward this gentle, nurturing emotion is primarily due, I ...

For tens of thousands of years, early humans painted animals on cave walls with incredible realism - but almost never painted themselves. Faces were missing, bodies were simplified, and human ...

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins. The contrast is not just cosmetic, it reflects deep differences in growth, ...

Beth Spencer is an artist and writer who is easily excited by art supplies and drawing animals. She started the Human Intelligence Drawing Challenge, encouraging creatives to make their own badges to ...