From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

Researchers Discover Paleolithic Cave Art Dated 66,000 Years Ago, Reveal Neanderthals to Be the ‘First Artists' Painting from ...

THE discovery during the War of prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux Caves near Montignac ... Spanish rock-shelter art, as also does the way in which some of the Lascaux animal horns are depicted.

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.

The oldest known cave painting in Africa (and perhaps the world) is a stunning 73,000-year-old cross-hatch pattern on a rock ...

These early artists decorated walls of caves with delicate, dramatic animal paintings ... One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck ...

cave art is one of the earliest forms of drawing. Many examples of cave art include drawings of animals and humans. It is believed that cave artists used paints made from nature such as rocks ...

The extinction of large animals in the Levant may explain why ... Archaeologists have long questioned the absence of cave art across the Levant, specifically in Israel, as opposed to the rest ...

The motifs, which depict human forms and animals, are some of the largest known cave images found in North America and may represent spirits of the underworld. In the first image above, a drawing ...