Excavated from the 1860s, six caves have revealed items dating from 43,000 to 33,000 years ago. Among them are carved figurines of animals (including cave lions, mammoths, horses and bovids), musical ...

They report their findings in the journal Antiquity. There are fine examples of cave art in France and Spain but none has been found in the UK - until now. The British art is less impressive than the ...