The work suggests early Homo sapiens developed enduring artistic practices as they moved through the islands of Southeast ...

In an Indonesian cave system known for its prehistoric art, the oldest cave art yet found was hiding in plain sight. In a ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered prehistoric paintings in hard-to-reach caves in the east of the country using drone technology. The use of drones allowed researchers to quickly gather evidence ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

Prehistoric art, as revealed by a 70,000-year-old handprint, is now seen as a fundamental human survival strategy rather than ...

On a September day in 1940 while much of Europe was engulfed in war, four teenagers were walking through a forest in southern France when their dog fell down a hole. As they called for it they heard ...

At Galleri Urbane, Drea Cofield and Erika Jaeggli explore how humans have depicted themselves and their world, from ancient ...

For the past 40 years, hiking rugged terrain has been a necessary part of research for archeologists at University of Alicante. The mountains around Alicante and Valencia teem with prehistoric cave ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...

This 'negative hand,' which researchers have dated to at least 67,800 years ago, is now the oldest known example of cave painting. The discovery fills a crucial gap in tracing the path of our species' ...