The oldest cave art in the world has been discovered, but scientists don’t think it was humans who did it ... experts’ understanding of our early ancestors. Whatever the species that created ...

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from ...

Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities ...

He says that that narrative storytelling was a crucial part of early human culture in Indonesia ... of geometric patterns. The new painting, in the limestone cave of Leang Karampuang in the ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice Age ancestors, the Cro-Magnon people of Western Europe. These early artists decorated walls of caves ...

Long before early modern humans arrived in Europe ... According to the scientists, the earliest cave paintings in Spain (from three different sites) date back more than 64,000 years.

Modern humans only arrived in Europe roughly ... it doesn't mean they couldn't paint animals." The early ages for the cave art are supported by the dating of sea shells that were perforated ...

In contrast, a 44,000-year-old cave painting by Homo sapiens is more representative of what the artist would've seen, with human-like figures hunting pigs and a water buffalo. "It's always ...

A cave painting on an Indonesian island is believed ... The discovery suggested that narrative storytelling was a crucial part of early human artistic culture in Indonesia from a very early ...