The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where it ... Western European art.” But, art or not, Conard emphasizes that Stone Age sculptors imbued their work ...

Maxime Aubert, archeologist and geochemist, uses his headlamp to examine the cave art at Leang Lompoa in Maros ... that Neolithic farmers or other Stone Age people made the markings no more ...

Other artistic relics of Stone Age peoples, especially in the Old World, include carved figurines, cave paintings ... This tool was used for launching at animals during hunting.

The typology of the chipped stone industry ... They are mainly known for their cave paintings featuring individual sculptures of animals and people. These works of art represent the pinnacle ...

Image caption, This work of art was found in a cave at Cresswell ... Some historians believe that Stone Age paintings had a religious meaning. They think the painted animals were meant to ...

The large boulders provide abundant natural shelters and have been associated with human occupation from the early Stone Age right through to early historical ... produced one of the most outstanding ...

The blades recovered from the cave were made between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago. At this time, Earth was nearing the end of the last major ice age ... animals.” An array of stone tools ...

Stone Age people were by no means dull cave dwellers. Breathtaking finds in ... Tübingen announced they had found the oldest works of art known to mankind in the Swabian Jura — three small ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice Age ancestors ... into the stone and at others painted directly onto the cave wall.