Then you go to Lascaux. When the Stone Age cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux were stumbled upon in modern times, archaeologists and anthropologists regarded them as certainly frauds.

My InsiderBen Bacon, a furniture restorer by day, spent his nights analyzing photographs of cave paintings, according to The Times. His hobby led to the "first specific reading of European Upper ...

Stone Age people in Europe appear to have recorded the reproductive habits of animals with markings on cave paintings, hinting at the early origins of writing By Alison George 4 January 2023 ...

Breathtaking prehistoric paintings have been discovered on the walls of caves across Europe, Africa and Australasia, yet the meanings and functions of these Stone-Age masterpieces remain a topic ...

We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to ...

Suspected 35,000-Year-Old Stone Age Ritual Site Found Deep Within Cave A cave in Galilee hints at prehistoric ritual gatherings in a cave that holds evidence of Neanderthal and human occupation.

In a new study, my colleagues and I analyzed stone tools from the cave that date to about 19,000 to 18,000 years ago, and discussed how the techniques used to make them hint at the ways that ...

More information: Elizabeth C. Velliky et al, Unveiling the multifunctional use of ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Specialized ochre retouchers from Blombos Cave, Science (2025).