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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Read moreStudy shows French prehistoric paintings ‘oldest and most elaborate’ The Cussac cave is accessed by a narrow passage through boulders that have closed off its inner chambers for ...

Carved 20,000 years ago into a French cave floor, the world’s oldest 3D map may reveal not just rivers and hills — but the ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Rock art is one of the most fascinating legacies of prehistoric societies. In caves in France and Spain, paintings up to 40,000 years old have been discovered, many of them in hard-to-reach areas and ...

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

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 ...