Chauvet Cave. Discovered in late 1994, Chauvet Cave is the location for one of the oldest and best-preserved collections of prehistoric paintings in the world. Located near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in ...

The northern coast of Spain holds one of the oldest examples of human development in the form of cave paintings, dubbed the ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de Janeiro's Itatiaia National Park. Preliminary investigations suggest the artwork may date back 2,000 to 3,000 years and could provide insights ...

In the journal Science, an international team of archaeologists reported that three caves in southeastern Spain — La Pasiega, Maltravieso, and Ardales — contain cave art that’s at least ...

The Maltravieso cave in Cáceres, Spain, is famous for the 71 prehistoric hand paintings found on its walls. In 2018, researchers determined that the silhouettes were the first major evidence that ...

Prehistoric cave paintings went undetected for thousands of years. Then drones flew by. Brendan Rascius. Mon, May 22, 2023 at 6:25 PM UTC. 1 min read.

Scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what they have determined is the world’s oldest-known confidently dated cave painting ...

Several ancient cave paintings were recently discovered along the coast of Spain by researchers using a pioneering new technique. By flying drones into otherwise inaccessible mountain terrain ...

The cave art has been radiocarbon dated back to between 27,000 BP (before present, or before 1950 to be exact) to 19,000 BP, at which point the sea level was much lower.

The oldest known cave paintings in the world were made by Neanderthals, scientists believe. About 65,000 years ago, members of our doomed cousin species left handprints, ...

Dating back some 40,000 years, cave paintings are among the greatest and most fascinating discoveries of human culture. Found all over the world, including more than 300 in Europe alone, cave ...