One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

Unlike other Paleolithic paintings, typically made with ocher ... The mark was made by a cave bear, an animal that went extinct 24,000 years ago, and its placement allows the team to determine ...

A red, crosshatched design adorning a rock from a South African cave may take the prize as the oldest known drawing. Ancient humans sketched the line pattern around 73,000 years ago by running a ...

But the post explained how the food source disrupted the cave’s fragile ecology and sparked mold growth. Humans don’t always recognize how delicate caves are and that they must be approached carefully ...

Casson Mann designed the interior of this new cave art museum in France. London design studio Casson Mann created an entire visitor experience for the new attraction in France, using interactive ...

In 1963, the French government closed the Lascaux cave, restricting access to some of the world’s best examples of prehistoric art over concerns that carbon dioxide from visitors’ breathing ...

Greg Jenner is joined in the Stone Age by Dr Isobel Wisher and comedian Seán Burke to learn all about cave art and the people who made it. Show more Greg Jenner is joined in the Palaeolithic era ...

Art was previously thought to be a behaviour unique to our species (Homo sapiens) and far beyond our evolutionary cousins. The cave paintings include stencilled impressions of Neanderthal hands ...

Horses were a major food source - horse bones found in the cave often bear cut marks and breakage patterns consistent with the extraction of nutritious brains and bone marrow. Other animals such as ...

Fast-moving water surged above front-door steps, inundating buildings and small businesses as Asheville appeared nearly ...