The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago or less, in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic ... The post Paleolithic kids’ finger painting in underground caves may have had a lofty purpose appeared ...

Since strong arguments can be advanced that many Upper Paleolithic societies in Southwest Europe were ... analysis of the physical viewing contexts and other key attributes of cave art images to ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

The drawings differ from many of the prehistoric cave paintings discovered from the Upper Paleolithic period in that they are completely geometric and do not depict humans, animals, or any other ...

The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

Dr. Assaf explains, "Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating ... Children as Liminal Agents in Upper Paleolithic Decorated Caves, Arts (2025). DOI: 10.3390/arts14020027 ...

Finger paintings made by children in Rouffignac Cave ... multidisciplinary approach combining archaeological analysis of children’s traces in Upper Paleolithic caves with anthropological insights from ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans ... “To date, around 400 caves containing cave art have been discovered, mainly in France and ...