Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University. The paper is published in the journal Arts. Dr. Assaf explains, "Cave art created by early humans is a ...

On rocky outcroppings and cave walls hidden in parks ... Incredible examples of ancient art can be found painted onto the ...

Grotte de Cussac holds ancient human remains, long-extinct bears and stunning artworks Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago ...

Detail of the engravings. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella Second, the stone with human-made graphic representations could predate the oldest known cave art by more than 100,000 years, making it one ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie ...

The Cussac cave has more than 1,000 ancient carvings, including horses, bison, rhinos, ibex and stylised feminine forms - Copyright AFP Christophe ARCHAMBAULT The ...

Discovered in 2000 by an amateur cave explorer, the Grotte de Cussac in the Dordogne department holds ancient human remains, traces of long-extinct bears and stunning, fragile artworks its ...