Other extinct hominin species have left similarly inconclusive artifacts. By contrast, the gorgeous animal cave paintings in Europe represent a consistent tradition. The seeds of artistic ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

He’s convinced the artifacts from these caves—regardless of whether they are art or talismans—mark a milestone in human development, an intense flowering of creativity that began in the ...

JERUSALEM — Long before cave paintings and figurines appeared ... Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts as far back as 100,000 years ago—much earlier than ...

ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK, BRAZIL––Agência Brasil reports that ancient paintings were recently located in a cave in Itatiaia National Park in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Experts are currently ...

According to Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, 6,500-year-old objects found deep within a cave in West Texas may comprise the ...

A young cave guide and a cave researcher on a mapping project discovered ancient artifacts in a hidden room, archaeologists said. Mexico National Institute of Anthropology and History In the ...