Old Cave Paintings' Mysterious Dots and Marks Indicate Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Used a Lunar Calendar Cave drawings have ...

Researchers have found cave art in Sulawesi, Indonesia which has raised questions about their assumptions about cave ...

It's a technique known as finger fluting and is common in prehistoric art, where someone drags fingers through a soft surface. The walls of the cave are a chalky limestone called tuffeau that's ...

After studying previously known cave paintings depicting animals across Spain, France, Turkey, and Germany, two researchers realized the illustrations weren't just drawings of nearby wildlife.

One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

A study in Science journal suggests they made cave drawings in Spain that pre-date ... They also appear to have used painted sea shells as jewellery. Art was previously thought to be a behaviour ...

Cave paintings of animals such as reindeer ... Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann/Durham University/PA These drawings and markings were made 15,000 years ago He added: "In turn, we're able to show ...

An international team of archaeologists from Great Britain and Spain has made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges the ...

Who made the first drawings? Prehistoric close prehistoricA period of time before history was written. cave art is one of the earliest forms of drawing. Many examples of cave art include drawings ...

Archaeologists plan to go to Yakutia's Khangalassky District to digitalize cave drawings and ... the only monument of rock art in Yakutia, where a large number of drawings are located on one ...