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

A pig painting inside an Indonesian cave has been dated to 43,900 years old, making it among the oldest—if not the oldest—known figurative art piece in the archaeological record. The painting was ...

A mysterious rock painting in South Africa’s cave could be the first-ever artwork of an animal that disappeared 250 million ...

The dating of an exceptionally old cave painting of animals that was found recently on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is reported in our paper out today. The painting portrays images of the ...

Archaeologists in Spain have come across an extraordinary series of Paleolithic-era paintings in Basque Country’s Atxurra cave that they estimate date as far back as 14,000 years. The 70 or so animal ...

On September 12, 1940, a dog in France stumbled upon one of the most remarkable archaeological finds of the 20th century. The ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Cosquer cave is a beautiful display of ...

Stunning cave paintings discovered in Indonesia include what might be the oldest known depictions of animals on the planet, dating back at least 45,000 years. The paintings of three pigs, alongside ...

The painted animals in the caves of Lascaux show the artistry of people 15,000 years ago. Walking through the caves of Lascaux, under a stampede of 600 impressively painted animals covering its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Partly flooded chamber which contains most of the parietal motifs. Archaeologists have discovered more than 110 prehistoric cave ...

A tall, heavy beast with long, forward-curving horns faced down a smaller bull. Its head was held high as if in challenge. The smaller animal seemed to recoil in submission. Even the cave lion, the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...