Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

One of Steph Toogood’s rats next to its painting (Steph Toogood/Toogoods Tiny Paws/PA) A veterinary nurse’s pet rats have been providing some pawsitivity by creating mini paintings for people ...

And that something is telling a story. The man who first saw the painting wasn’t even there to find it. Hamrullah, an Indonesian archaeologist and passionate spelunker, had climbed into the cave using ...

Tracing the story of humanity, all the way back to the Lascaux cave paintings from 20,000 years ago, shows that singing, dancing and painting have always been a part of our lives — perhaps the ...

For years, it was believed that figurative painting began with the Cave of Lascaux in France, dating back about 17,000 years ago. But this new finding suggests that the earliest storytelling ...

Researchers believe the bats played a role in the distribution of the new cave-dwelling species, according to the study. Li, T. et al. (2025.) In a dark, damp cave in southeastern China ...

An Indonesian archaeologist named Hamrullah — who is also an avid caver — climbed up a fig tree to access the narrow entryway of a cave in southern Sulawesi. There, the researcher discovered an ...

Based on archeological findings, many of the prehistoric finger paintings found by archeologists on cave walls were actually drawn by the same demographic currently renowned for its finger painting ...

The discovery of rare Tudor wall paintings at a Cumbrian house has been described by the owners as a moment they will ‘never forget’. Rare 16th century wall paintings have been revealed at The ...

Finger paintings made by children in Rouffignac Cave, 14,000 to 20,000 years ago. (Credit: Dr. Van Gelder) Paleolithic children weren’t merely learning to become adults but may have had their own ...

14,000-year-old footprints of at least two children, together with an adolescent and two adults, were identified some 400 meters deep in the Basura Cave in northern Italy. Elsewhere, at France’s ...

Scientists and art critics have analysed artefacts, such as early cave paintings that seem to represent what are believed to be UFOs. Bobble-headed creatures with bug-like eyes and antennas, flying ...