Dating back more than 12,000 years, this extraordinary example of rock art features a scene involving birds and humans—a rarity for the Paleolithic Period on several accounts. The intriguing artifact ...

Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art ...

A new exhibition in Marseille recreates the famous cave and the art found within. Cosquer Méditerranée In 1985, French diver Henri Cosquer made the find of a lifetime: While exploring the deep waters ...

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 ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Paleolithic art offers unique perspectives on prehistoric societies and cultures. It is also considered a key component of modern human ...

Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be the oldest known example of three-dimensional East Asian art in a rubbish pile excavated in Lingjing, Henan, China. The ancient Paleolithic bird ...

Archaeologists have discovered more than 110 prehistoric cave paintings and engravings dating to at least 24,000 years ago near Valencia, Spain. The Paleolithic, or Stone Age, rock art is "arguably ...