Dr. David Zhang, a scientist from Guangzhou University in China, examines the footprints and handprints on the travertine rock in Quesang, Tibet. These impressions are thought to be the world's oldest ...

A hand stencil design on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kinez Riza A recently released study claiming that some of the paintings in the Maros-Pangkep caves in Indonesia are nearly as old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhino drawings from the Chauvet Cave. What constitutes art is heavily debated, and that's especially true for prehistoric art. But ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic plant imagery in prehistoric art, flowers, shrubs, branches, and trees painted ...

This little-known park has miles of underground caverns, some of which are normally open for tours (in real life and virtually), plus hiking trails to explore.

The ibex is far from a humble mountain goat—it’s one of history’s most enduring artistic symbols. So prolific is its presence in prehistoric art, in fact, that a new study suggests the animal held ...

One of the earliest examples of human sculpture has been found in Turkey at prehistoric sites believed by some to have ties to ancient biblical accounts. The digs were carried out by the Turkish ...

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 ...

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.

What does prehistoric art tell us? Where does art begin? When in prehistoric human life did the drive start that spun poems, painting, and symphonies? It’s not difficult to reason from what we seem to ...

Is it possible for us to understand the meaning behind prehistoric rock art? In this video, ancient historian Tristan explores Stone Age rock carvings in Scotland with leading experts, to try and ...