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.

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.

Sketches on a stone unearthed in Marbella, Spain, are believed to be 200,000 years old, providing insight into settlers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The skeleton of a Stone Age child discovered in Thailand is rewriting what experts know about the prehistory of the area. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

In a discovery reshaping the understanding of prehistoric cultures in Eurasia, archaeologists found an 8,400-year-old stone human figurine in Damjili Cave ... that symbolic art and ritual behavior ...

Sanctuary' - The 1.6-kilometre (mile-long) cave has more than 1,000 carved figures, both animals and stylised feminine forms. Scientists have dated them to between 26,000 and 35,000 years ago, the ...