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

The British Museum has announced that it will loan "some of the rarest surviving examples" of Ice Age art to Bradford, the ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis regarding an intriguing question: Why did ancient humans bring their young ...

THE Altamira Caves in northern Spain and the paintings on their walls dating back 14,000 years is a great reminder of how far ...

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie that ...

New research suggests prehistoric children weren’t just along for the ride—they may have played powerful spiritual roles deep within ancient caves, leaving behind sacred art that still speaks today.

whose discovery in 1940 was of great importance for the history of prehistoric art. The hunting scenes show some 100 animal figures, which are remarkable for their detail, rich colours and lifelike ...

Rarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in France by Karine ALBERTAZZI The Cussac cave has more than 1,000 ancient carvings, including horses, bison, rhinos, ibex and stylised feminine forms.

Claw marks and signs of burrowing show it was also used by cave bears, prehistoric relatives of the brown bear. Inside their hibernation chambers, researchers have found the remains of six human ...