A newly discovered series of cave drawings is changing the way scientists think about Neanderthals, and could help to change some long-held beliefs about how one long-dead branch of our own family ...

Researchers have reported the discovery of the oldest known drawing in a cave on the southern coast of South Africa, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The drawing, which takes the ...

An ancient handprint discovered in an Indonesian cave, dated at least 67,800 years old, may be the world's oldest rock art.

Blombos Cave drawing with ochre pencil on silcrete stone. Craig Foster The crisscrossed pattern, drawn on stone 73,000 years ago, wasn't used as shorthand for #artlovers, but the hashtag-like design ...

ARTWORK from 18,000 years ago is captivating the French public imagination as never before. The prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings near Montignac were discovered in September 1940 by an inquisitive ...

Who made the first drawings? Prehistoric close prehistoricA period of time before history was written. cave art is one of the earliest forms of drawing. Many examples of cave art include drawings of ...

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

The red silhouette of a bull-like beast on the wall of a cave in the Indonesian part of Borneo is the oldest example of an animal drawing, experts say. Researchers say that the 5-foot-wide sketch is ...

MADRID – Spanish archaeologists say they have discovered an exceptional set of Paleolithic-era cave drawings that could rank among the best in a country that already boasts some of the world’s most ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 40,000-year-old painting of a mysterious, wild cow-like beast discovered in a Borneo cave is ...