Could these marks on a cave wall be oldest-known Neanderthal “finger paintings”? It's even more evidence that Neanderthals could think symbolically, create art.

Because the urge to put one’s hand up against a cave wall and spray paint simply to make a design — in other words, the desire to make art for its own sake — is one of few human universals ...

The cave, which sold for $2.2 million in St. Louis on Tuesday, is considered a sacred site by members of the Osage Nation. A tribal leader called the sale “heartbreaking.” ...

The paintings are mostly left hands because ancient humans used hollow bones, held in their right hands, to spray and stencil mineral paint onto the cave wall. Other art found in the cave shows hunter ...

Cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were found more than 50 years ago, but until now the dates of origin were not known. The art shown here has not been dated, but is stylistically ...

A 2021 find from a “Unicorn Cave” in Germany found early hints of Neanderthal art dating back 51,000 years. Neanderthals also could have lived in tight family bonds and possibly even cooked ...

Scientific analysis of paintings on the wall of a remote cave in Patagonia, Argentina, suggest they are the oldest known example of rock art in South America, according to research published this ...

Janine Burke explains the findings, which analyze ancient handprint art, ... Cave Paintings: Were Women the First ... CC BY The Conversation, Hands on the wall: were the first artists ...

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.

A series of prehistoric cave paintings were discovered in Spain using drones, according to a new study. Photo from the journal LVCENTVM Several ancient cave paintings were recently discovered ...