A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain’s eastern coast in Valencia, whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira—is ...

Study shows prehistoric children may have participated in cave art because they were considered mediators between the ...

Rock art, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK, BRAZIL––Agência Brasil reports that ancient paintings were recently located in a cave in Itatiaia National P ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has ... ancient humans bring their young children to cave painting sites, deep underground — through dark ...

Scientists have determined the reddish-brown rock art found in a cave on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island is more than 44,000 ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has ... ancient humans bring their young children to cave-painting sites—deep underground—through dark ...

"Near many cave paintings, there's clear evidence of children as young as two being present," the researchers noted. This finding raises questions about the role of children in these prehistoric ...