Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests ...
IN 1879, an 8-year-old girl made a discovery that would rock our understanding of human history. On the walls of Altamira cave in northern Spain, she spotted stunning drawings of bison, painted in ...
In a significant archaeological find, researchers have uncovered a vast Palaeolithic cave art site, potentially the most significant ever found on the Eastern Iberian Coast in Europe. This remarkable ...
Were they goddesses—or toys? The true purpose of ancient figurines known as the “Stone Age Venuses” has stumped scholars for more than a century. Pint-size iconMore than 200 Paleolithic female ...
Firelight transformed how early humans utilized their rocky dwellings. Set of photographs of stone lamp experiment. (Medina-Alcaide et al, 2021, PLOS ONE) (CN) — Long before the Dark Ages, a longer, ...