A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, children participated in cave paintings because they were seen as mediators ...

Carved 20,000 years ago into a French cave floor, the world’s oldest 3D map may reveal not just rivers and hills — but the ...

The team made the daily climb with all their excavation and photography equipment, weighing up to 50 pounds per person.

Dimas once again guided the archaeologists into the cave and down into the hidden room, where the experts noticed the ...

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In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Ratno SardiScientists have determined a cave painting depicting what looks to be a hunting scene is more than 44,000 years ...

Explore the significance of child cave paintings in Paleolithic culture and their spiritual connections to ancient ...

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

Rock art is one of the most fascinating legacies of prehistoric societies. In caves in France and Spain, paintings up to ...

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