Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by ... and aspirations these Stone Age artists were representing. Because the paintings are often found deep ...

The object was found at Coto Correa in Las Chapas, a site that has been known since the 1950s, when archaeologists first found stone tools there dating to the early Paleolithic period. Recently, a ...

Stone Age people were by no means dull cave dwellers. Breathtaking finds in the caves of the Danube valley in southern Germany show what they were capable of. Does the cradle of modern European ...

Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, and was used in everything from cave paintings to personal ... spanning the final Middle Stone Age and the Late Stone ...

Other artistic relics of Stone Age peoples, especially in the Old World, include carved figurines, cave paintings, and beaded clothing. France's Solutrean culture of 23,000 to 18,000 years ago is ...

Image caption, This work of art was found in a cave at ... bison and birds. No cave paintings have been found in Britain, but Stone Age Britons probably painted scenes like the ones found at ...