By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prehistoric paintings at least 40,000 years old that depict animals - including one known as a "pig-deer" - and the outline of human hands in seven caves on ...

A sweeping new archaeological discovery could fundamentally reshape what we know about early human intelligence and cultural development. Ancient cave paintings, found in remote sites across the ...

—Paleolithic 'art sanctuary' in Spain contains more than 110 prehistoric cave paintings —Ancient submerged bridge in Spain reveals that humans inhabited Mediterranean island nearly 6,000 years ago ...

Giant ancient rock art reveals secrets of first Amazonian people, from mythology to diet - Rock art is earliest evidence of humans in western Amazonia, scientists say ...

Ancient Rock Art of Mythical Half-human Creatures Hunting Animals Is Oldest Ever Discovered. Published Dec 11, 2019 at 1:01 PM EST Updated Dec 12, 2019 at 2:31 AM EST. By .

On a visit to see ancient cave art in Spain, Michael Marshall explores why it's so hard to calculate the age of early human artworks and whether other hominins might also have created art.

Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years.

Helm et al., Rock Art Research 2024 In a remarkable archaeological discovery , researchers have unearthed what they believe to be a unique piece of human creativity — an ancient sand sculpture ...

In the Western imagination, ancient cave paintings tend to conjure images of Lascaux, the cave complex in southwestern France that is famous for its exceptionally detailed depictions of humans and ...

Prehistoric paintings at least 40,000 years old that depict animals - including one known as a "pig-deer" - and the outline of human hands in seven caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are ...