Study shows prehistoric children may have participated in cave art because they were considered mediators between the ...

The oldest representational cave painting dates from ... cultural beliefs and aspirations these Stone Age artists were representing. Because the paintings are often found deep inside caves in ...

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

Image caption, This work of art was found in a cave at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire. It was made around 12,000 years ago. The Stone Age artist used a sharp stone to scratch the outline of a horse ...

Spain's oldest-known cave art until this find is from around 100,000 ... The artist behind the engraving was likely part of a wave of Stone Age humans who migrated from northern Africa and into ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where it ... this impulse spread to Stone Age France and Spain—where it turns up in paintings of bison, rhinos ...

Other artistic relics of Stone Age peoples, especially in the Old World, include carved figurines, cave paintings, and beaded clothing. France's Solutrean culture of 23,000 to 18,000 years ago is ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered what could be the oldest known rock carvings made by humans likely over 200,000 years old – a find that could transform our understanding of human presence in ...