Until Aubert went to Sulawesi, the oldest dated art was firmly in Europe. The spectacular lions and rhinos of Chauvet Cave, in southeastern France, are commonly thought to be around 30,000 to ...

At the time the art was created, people were living as hunters and gatherers, and it's possible that rituals of some form ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where ... it turns up in paintings of bison, rhinos and lions on the walls of caves like Chauvet and Altamira.

Let’s explore some common myths and misconceptions about evolution. The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner ...

The Chauvet - Pont d´Arc cave has left us an astounding freshness legacy. Adorned by our ancestors 36,000 years ago, it invites us to dialogue with these very first modern humans. A group of ...

The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet in France and at Altamira in Spain remains elusive. But scientists conclude that this art, some of it brilliant ...