It’s no good for studying inorganic pigments like ocher, a form of iron oxide used frequently in ancient cave paintings. This is where Aubert comes in. Instead of analyzing pigment from the ...

Determining the age of cave art is delicate work. Ruiz-Redondo and his team are awaiting a full laboratory analysis of Cova Dones’ motifs—including radiometric dating of their crusty mineral ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...

The researchers discovered tiny handprints and footprints of two-year-old toddlers, alongside those of adults.

Even more significantly, the incisions could also predate the oldest known cave art by 100,000 years. Researchers have begun in-depth analysis of the object, which is set to include detailed 3D ...

Discoveries in Indonesia's Leang Karampuang cave unveil a 51,200 ... dating process involved analyzing calcite layers deposited by water over time, which protect the paintings and help determine ...