Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found. The rock carvings, ...

Humans have always been eager to leave a creative mark on the world, tangible evidence of an artist’s thoughts or actions that might educate, entertain – or perhaps bewilder – current and future ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

Was the majority of prehistoric cave art in southwestern Europe done by women? That’s the theory put forth in a study conducted by archeologist Dean Snow, and it’s a welcome challenge to the long-held ...

A remarkable set of prehistoric rock art sites likely provided hunter-gatherers with an enchanting "multisensory experience" thanks to their special acoustic properties, a study has revealed.

Discovering any collection of Paleolithic art is rare, says Aitor Ruiz-Redondo, an archaeologist and senior lecturer at the University of Zaragoza in Spain: Only about 400 such sites have been found ...

The pictures appearing on these pages —published for the first time outside of France—are from the walls of a cavern near Montignac, Dordogne, a limestone region where many similar, though less ...