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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

An ancient amber bear figurine, unearthed by miners in northern Poland, is the subject of renewed attention following a study ...

Dr. Maxime Aubert, archeologist and geochemist, uses his headlamp to examine the cave art at Leang Lompoa in Maros, Indonesia. Justin Mott I struggle to keep my footing on a narrow ridge of earth ...

Even more than the cave art, these first concrete expressions ... once thought of as an invention of the European Upper Paleolithic—were recently shown to be almost 40,000 years old.

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 ...

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 ...