Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to ...

Researchers used 3D scanning technology to reveal what they say is the largest collection of cave art drawings ever found in North America. Among the glyphs discovered on the ceiling of a cave in ...

(CNN) — Up a rocky cliff face, through a narrow opening, and at the end of a snaking passage lies a painting that archaeologists say is the world’s oldest known example of storytelling in art history.

If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.

The finding, which was published in Nature, may provide insight into the origins of humanity’s use of symbols, which laid the foundation for language, mathematics and civilization. “We knew a lot of ...

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