Discussions of early cave art emphasize that such works reveal not only technical skill but also the ability to plan compositions, remember conventions and perhaps teach them to others, as explored in ...

A new book highlights the beautiful work of Jay Matternes, an accomplished artist who drew everything from mammoths to early humans Riley Black | Science Correspondent The title page painting in Jay ...

In an Indonesian cave system known for its prehistoric art, the oldest cave art yet found was hiding in plain sight. In a cave full of paintings that were well studied over the years, a faint hand ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...

When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new ...

Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully ...