A sweeping new archaeological discovery could fundamentally reshape what we know about early human intelligence and cultural ...

Dr. Maxime Aubert, archeologist and geochemist, uses his headlamp to examine the cave art at Leang Lompoa in Maros, Indonesia. Justin Mott I struggle to keep my footing on a narrow ridge of earth ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de Janeiro's Itatiaia National Park. Preliminary investigations suggest ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where it was ... of whether they are art or talismans—mark a milestone in human development, an intense flowering ...

Dr. Assaf explains: “Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating ... gap between the worlds and delivering messages to non-human entities. In this paper, we connect these insights and ...

Dr. Assaf explains, "Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating ... the gap between the worlds and delivering messages to non-human entities. In this paper, we connect these insights ...

The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago or less, in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make ...