Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

20,000 years ago, humans transformed stranded whale remains into weapons and tools. ... After 16,000 years ago, whale bone use declined, possibly due to evolving trade networks or lifestyles. Yet ...

From whale bones on the river to dance performances, Brisbane Festival 2025 returns 5–27 September with its boldest program yet.The announcement:Brisbane Festival has unveiled its most expansive and ...

A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design ...

Tools made of whale bones reveal inventiveness of prehistoric people A large projectile point made of gray whale bone from the Duruthy rockshelter, dated between 18,000 and 17,500 years ago, is ...

New research has indicated that humans used whale bones to create tools as many as 20,000 years ago. These findings have provided new insights into the cultures and abilities of ancient humans, and ...

An installation odyssey. The whale from which the skeleton was sourced was originally found beached near Liverpool, N.S. in 2017. A fundraiser called the Blue Whale Project was born shortly thereafter ...

At up to 17m (55 feet) in length, and up to 45,000kg (100,000lbs) whale sharks are a truly enormous and awe-inspiring animal. To be in their presence is simply breath taking.

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines. By Margherita Bassi Published May 27, 2025 Latest news ...

There’s been solid evidence of whale bone tools dating back to about 5,000 years ago, but the new research published in the journal Nature Communications pushes the timeline back.