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

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

Detail of the engravings. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella Second, the stone with human-made graphic representations could predate the oldest known cave art by more than 100,000 years, making it one ...

Claw marks and signs of burrowing show it was also used by cave bears, prehistoric relatives of the brown bear. Inside their hibernation chambers, researchers have found the remains of six human ...

The paper was published in the journal Arts from MDPI. Dr. Assaf explains: “Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating phenomenon that intrigues many researchers. To date, around 400 ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

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