Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

Evidence from caves in France and Spain shows Neanderthals made symbolic art long before Homo sapiens, reshaping ideas about ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

A hand stencil design on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kinez Riza A recently released study claiming that some of the paintings in the Maros-Pangkep caves in Indonesia are nearly as old ...

To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France. Then they have ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered ancient hand and foot prints that may upend our understanding of early cave art. The experts believe that the impressions identified near Quesang ...

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The pictures appearing on these pages —published for the first time outside of France—are from the walls of a cavern near Montignac, Dordogne, a limestone region where many similar, though less ...

Artificial intelligence has achieved a remarkable breakthrough by decoding the enigmatic prehistoric cave markings known as ...

I decided to read "A History of the World in 100 Objects" one entry per day, so I wouldn't get too smart too quickly. It's written by Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, and includes ...