Additionally, the methods Neanderthals used to make the lion multitool are identical to those found on other items in the cave, including some made from bear bones.

During the ice age, the cave lion ruled over the mammoth steppes as the apex predator; genetic studies confirm it was a distinct species, different from today’s African lion, and existed around ...

World Rarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in France Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses.

Officials at Dunbar Cave State Park reported that the oldest cave art in the U.S. was “completely submerged,” which “has never happened before.” ...

Archaeologists keep finding older and older cave art. Here’s what it could tell us about how humans evolved over time.

Tech News Man Destroyed a 6,000-Year-Old Cave Painting for a Facebook Photo This vibrant reminder of the human need to create art was no match for one idiot with a smart phone and a dream.

The familiar cave art from Lascaux, France is a mere 17,000 years old. Photo: Shutterstock The post World’s Oldest Cave Art Found in Indonesia appeared first on Explorersweb.

More than 50,000 years ago, humans painted a hunting scene in a cave in Indonesia that archaeologists say represents the oldest known example of storytelling in art history.

In an article published in the journal Nature today, we present a novel approach to date cave paintings. Using this new dating innovation, we have found the world’s oldest figurative cave art.