The astonishing cave paintings of bison, deer, and extinct animals were discovered by accident in France in 1940. They offer a tantalizing glimpse into prehistory.

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in Thailand, a stunning find in a remote cave that could ...

Were Cave Paintings Real Beginnings of Big Data Approach? Some people think that cave paintings are a form of early big data. They believe that the paintings were created in an attempt to record and ...

There is a hand stencil painting from Spain‘s Maltravieso cave that some scientists have dated to around 64,000 years ago and attributed to Neanderthals.

Paintings discovered in a Sulawesi cave are now the oldest known to man, dating back 51,200 years. Their discovery raised questions about the history of human activity on the island and migration ...

More than 50,000 years ago, humans painted a hunting scene in a cave in Indonesia that archaeologists say represents the oldest known example of storytelling in art history.

In the karstic caves of Puerto Rico, cave art paints the rock walls. Previous research has assigned ages to this art based on the ages of nearby archaeological artifacts within the caves, but ...

The Brazilian archaeologist who discovered hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil has died.

Ancient cave art in Mexico dating back between 5,000 and 500 years ago has been carved from the wall and damaged by looters.

Finger paintings made by children in Rouffignac Cave, 14,000 to 20,000 years ago.

The Brazilian archaeologist who discovered hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil has died. Niède Guidon died on Wednesday at 92, the Serra da Capivara National Park ...