The drawing of the ancient animal was found on a rock wall at the La Belle France site and represented an animal that was not ...

A painting that dates back more than 50,000 years is the oldest piece of story-related artwork yet discovered, experts have said. The cave painting which was found on the Indonesian island of ...

Perhaps the putative spears are shamanistic “power ... It’s unclear precisely why, but the newfound art has recently started flaking off the cave wall at an accelerating pace.

The cave art discoveries have challenged a longstanding ... and also if their supposed spears are natural colourings in the rock or just drawn lines,” he said via email. Pettitt, who wasn ...

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest-known scene of figurative art depicting ... scene painted on the cave wall depicts human-like figures, some of whom are wielding spears or ropes ...