Deep inside a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a single human handprint has pushed the story of art back ...

When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often ...

The lineup for the New Orleans Film Society's weeklong Film-O-Rama screening series is still developing, but it's already got a must-see title: the Werner Herzog documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams ...

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...

This 'negative hand,' which researchers have dated to at least 67,800 years ago, is now the oldest known example of cave ...

The world’s oldest known cave art shows how early humans crossed oceans, offering rare insight into ancient migration routes.

Throughout Siberia, ancient cave paintings have been discovered that depict an array of extinct megafauna. These works of art offer an intriguing glimpse into the prehistoric era, illuminating the ...

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 ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis regarding an intriguing question: Why did ancient humans bring their young ...

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