Around 600 signs, images and carvings -- some of aquatic life never before seen in cave paintings -- have been found on the walls of the immense cave 37 metres below the azure waters of the ...

Likely this art was crucial to the beliefs of the artist’s people, to the shaman’s attempt to bring about a successful hunt or to reinforce the cycle of birth among the hunted animals.

Rock Art Depicting Stone Age Camel Dating Back 40,000 Years Discovered in Russian Ural Mountains Cave Published Nov 29, 2017 at 8:04 AM EST Updated Nov 29, 2017 at 8:04 AM EST ...

Caves were humanity’s first art galleries. A re-creation of three common types of Paleolithic lighting systems – torches, grease lamps and fireplaces – illuminates how Stone Age cave ...

The animal figurines, including bears, horses, cave lions and mammoths, allow conclusions to be drawn about the animal world of Stone Age Europe.

More than 400 footprints across a diverse range of species have been identified in incredible detail for the first time, with researchers enlisting a trio of expert indigenous trackers to help ...

Art World Stone Age Cave Paintings Found in Northern Spain One of the prehistoric artworks found in Danbolinzulo cave in Zestoa, Gipuzkoa. Photo courtesy of the province of Gipuzkoa.

New evidence of European cave art’s early origin fits a scenario in which wall drawings and other symbolic behaviors extend far back in the Stone Age (SN: 8/13/11, p. 22).

Lascaux - which Picasso visited in 1940 - proved the urge to make art is as old as humanity itself. Archaeologist Luc Vanrell's life changed the second he surfaced inside the Cosquer cavern and saw ...

Race to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces Marseille (AFP) – To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have ...