Tens of thousands of years ago, the first artists painted images on the walls of caves. They collected, painted and ground holes in shells, presumably to wear. It was the very first art, created by ...

Archaeologists are pushing the origins of art far deeper into prehistory than anyone expected, revealing painted symbols and figures that appear to predate our own species. The latest discoveries ...

He’s got the brains of a caveman. A dim-witted tourist dumped water on ancient cave paintings to snap better photos for social media — and is now under investigation after posting the shots of the ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 ...

Stalagmites in the Sala de las Estrellas in the Spanish cave of Ardales (Malaga, Andalusia) showing traces of red pigment. (photos by Joao Zilhao; courtesy Francesco d’Errico) In the traditional ...

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.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox for free every month. Well, it’s possible that we actually did make art ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have unearthed new information about the ritualistic practices of prehistoric humans in the Levant, offering evidence ...