The discovery of first known Neanderthal cave art, a giant, elaborate hashtag, means the so-called primitive species was smarter than we thought.

The world's oldest known cave paintings were made by Neanderthals, not modern humans, suggesting our extinct cousins were far from being uncultured brutes.

France's La Roche-Cotard Cave may contain some of the oldest cave drawings made by Neanderthals. Researchers date the engravings to 57,000 years ago.

Cave art that had been created in the Paleolithic age is thought to be the world's first attempt at producing a moving picture, not a muddled mess of limbs and heads.

Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are.

Archaeologists have unearthed long-lost art from a civilization that once inhabited the Caribbean. Known as the Tainos, these people once lived on the island of Mona, Puerto Rico – now an ...

Experts have discovered a striking trove of prehistoric cave art depicting horses and bulls in a Spanish cave.

Back to homepage / Live news Rarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in France Le Buisson-de-Cadouin (France) (AFP) – Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient ...