One of the hand stencils is at least 39,900 years old — the oldest known in the world — and a painting of a babirusa “pig-deer” is at least 35,400 years old, aligning it with the same era ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prehistoric paintings at least 40,000 years old that depict animals - including one known as a "pig-deer" - and the outline of human hands in seven caves on ...

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.

Nearly 5,000 cave drawings were discovered in northeastern Mexico in 2006. This month, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History archeologists released their findings into the paintings.

Scientists say they have found the oldest known figurative painting, in a cave in Indonesia. And the stunning scene of a hunting party, painted some 44,000 years ago, is helping to rewrite the ...

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 store large amounts of information. This theory is based on ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- A few years ago, an amateur archaeologist searching in a cave for ancient Indian art found charcoal drawings that date back more than 1,000 years.

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.

The world’s earliest-known cave painting of an animal has been discovered on Borneo in Indonesia. It dates back to at least 40,000 years ago, a new study says.. The drawing is even older than ...

Archaeologist Dean Snow's research suggests that the first artists may have been women, challenging traditional beliefs. Janine Burke explains the findings, which analyze ancient handprint art ...