These early artists decorated walls of caves with delicate, dramatic animal paintings ... and aspirations these Stone Age artists were representing. Because the paintings are often found deep ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

After studying previously known cave paintings depicting animals ... dated those carvings to find their exact age, and determined that the animal symbols represent constellations that were in ...

The motifs, which depict human forms and animals ... also in accord with the age of pottery fragments ancient artists left in the cave. The problem is seeing the paintings. The cave ceiling ...

The Lascaux cave paintings were created around 14,000 years ago. They show animals as well as some human hunters. Some historians believe that Stone Age paintings had a religious meaning.

“Those figures are telling about human-animal relationships in some way,” Rainio says, adding that other archaeological evidence has revealed that Stone Age people in Finland specialized in moose ...

Explore the 9 oldest-known archaeological sites, from Theopetra Cave to Göbekli Tepe, and Altamira. Dive into early human history and fascinating cave art.

In addition to the cave art, Creswell Crags has yielded ... and artefacts dating back to the Stone Age, as well as remains of extinct animals such as woolly mammoths and hyenas.