In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating ...

A 45,500-year-old warty pig drawing is the oldest known cave painting of an animal on record. The piggies were painted in ...

The Brazilian archaeologist who discovered hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil has died.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Niède Guidon, the Brazilian archaeologist known for discovering hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil and for her research challenging theories of ...

Based on the exploration of archaeological sites in Piaui — which uncovered 15,000-year-old human bones, cave paintings estimated to be around 35,000 years old and evidence of fires dating back ...

He found that it is staggeringly ancient: at least 35,400 years old. That likely makes it the oldest-known example of figurative art anywhere in the world—the world’s very first picture.

The fingerprint, discovered on a painted pebble in a Spanish cave, represents the oldest known evidence of Neanderthal ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

A 43,900-year-old cave painting found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, now believed to be the oldest story on record, depicts what appears to be a hunting scene where the hunters are ...

A 43,900-year-old cave painting found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, now believed to be the oldest story on record, depicts what appears to be a hunting scene where the hunters are ...