Whether they take the form of carved images, sculptured figurines, or elegant abstractions, artifacts produced in prehistoric times are rarely seen as artistic expressions in their own right. Rather, ...

Hidden deep in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, a vast cliff face covered in ochre figures has turned a remote canyon into one of the most important Ice Age archives on Earth. The newly documented rock ...

Cool off this July with family-friendly Ice Age activities, from fossil exploration and story time to art-making and exploration of the museum’s new hands-on Discovery Center. Settle in for a story ...

(AP) The art world loves hype. Works are touted as the biggest, the rarest, the most expensive. Even in an age of superlatives, the British Museum has something special the oldest known figurative art ...

The habitat and environment of the ice-age artist -- The art of the ice age / Johannes Mariger -- Discovery -- Sites -- Minor arts -- Mural paintings and engravings -- Reliefs and sculptures in the ...

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Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Isobel Wisher, a postdoctoral researcher in the Evolution ...

Archeologists have identified the first Ice Age cave art ever discovered in England, a series of drawings dating back 12,000 years that are similar in style to the renowned cave drawings at Lascaux in ...

Ice age people painted these animals 12,600 years ago.