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.

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 ...

He believes that studying more cave art sites may push back the human history record to 5000 BCE. This art, along with archaeological finds, can reconstruct the "history of our people, from ...

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 Indonesian island of Sulawesi are ...

Based on the exploration of archaeological sites in Piaui — which uncovered 15,000-year-old human bones, cave paintings estimated to be around 35,000 years old and evidence of fires dating back ...

He believes that studying more cave art sites may push back the human history record to 5000 BCE. This art, along with archeological finds, can reconstruct the “history of our people, from ...

In Cave 1, a well-preserved painting shows a king taking a ritual bath after having renounced worldly possessions to pursue a spiritual life. Benoy Behl/National Geographic.

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

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