A hand stencil design on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kinez Riza A recently released study claiming that some of the paintings in the Maros-Pangkep caves in Indonesia are nearly as old ...

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Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie that ...

Various caves across the world served as sites for prehistoric activities; however, some of them may stun experts. One such location was the Etxebarri Cave, considered one of the most challenging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen thousand years ago, our Ice Age ancestors practiced both cave art and cannibalism. Human remains found deep in a Polish ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis regarding an intriguing question: Why did ancient humans bring their young ...

This 'negative hand,' which researchers have dated to at least 67,800 years ago, is now the oldest known example of cave painting. The discovery fills a crucial gap in tracing the path of our species' ...

Artificial intelligence has achieved a remarkable breakthrough by decoding the enigmatic prehistoric cave markings known as “finger flutings.” These ancient markings, which have puzzled researchers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analyzed ...

Simon Coencas, now 89, will join President Francois Hollande for the inauguration of the display at a visitors' centre in Montignac. The last of four boys who discovered the Lascaux cave paintings, a ...

The Cussac cave has more than 1,000 ancient carvings, including horses, bison, rhinos, ibex and stylised feminine forms - Copyright AFP Christophe ARCHAMBAULT The ...