WASHINGTON -- Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago. And ...

A new study confirms that ancient cave paintings in France’s Dordogne region were created nearly 16,000 years ago.

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On a cold winter’s day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south of Knoxville, Tennessee. They navigated a slippery mud slope and a tight keyhole through the ...

Archaeologists found three new drawings from tens of thousands of years ago in a Spanish cave. They used a visual technique called stereoscopic photography to see the cave art like never before. The ...

If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.

Patterns of lines and dots associated with specific animal species in cave art may point to an early writing system. The four dots painted across the back of this aurochs (wild ox) in the Lascaux cave ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have calculated that ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, showing that our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 ...

Jean-Claude explains bear markings to PhD student Trine Friesleben. (photo by and courtey Kristina Jørkov Thomsen) Homo sapiens have long looked down on Neanderthals as the less sophisticated side of ...