The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

What does prehistoric art tell us? Where does art begin? When in prehistoric human life did the drive start that spun poems, painting, and symphonies? It’s not difficult to reason from what we seem to ...

The collection of cave art suggests that Sulawesi hosted 'a vibrant and long-standing artistic culture' during the late Stone ...

In the 1930s, a group of adventurers stumbled upon the caves of Gilf Kebir in Egypt. What they found inside sparked a scientific sensation. In the Stone Age, giant beasts (that some believe are ...

We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to ...

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