Archaeologist David Whitley has studied some of the most ancient sites and art works created by prehistoric human beings. In his new book, Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit: The Origin of Creativity ...

In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

For tens of thousands of years, prehistoric paintings have survived in the caves of Sulawesi, an Indonesian island, offering an invaluable record of early humanity’s creative impulses. Now, those ...

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 ...

IN 1879, an 8-year-old girl made a discovery that would rock our understanding of human history. On the walls of Altamira cave in northern Spain, she spotted stunning drawings of bison, painted in ...

Throughout Siberia, ancient cave paintings have been discovered that depict an array of extinct megafauna. These works of art offer an intriguing glimpse into the prehistoric era, illuminating the ...

NEUQUEN, Argentina, March 7 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. The 895 paintings were found ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Cosquer cave is a beautiful display of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers ...

To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France. Then they have ...