There were no lions in 16th-century Puerto Rico — so was the cave drawing made by someone who'd actually seen one? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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Part of the earliest known pictorial scene in prehistoric art, discovered in a cave in Indonesia. SciNews / YouTube Cave artwork discovered in a cave system in Sulawesi, an island in central Indonesia ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 40,000-year-old painting of a mysterious, wild cow-like beast discovered in a Borneo cave is ...

When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests a professor. When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT ...

Massive Native American drawings – which remained unseen in an Alabama cave for more than 1,000 years – have been unveiled by a team of scientists. It’s the largest known cave art ever discovered in ...

Researchers have discovered that ancient cave paintings in Europe depict star constellations and were used to keep track of astronomical events. Archaeologists believe the artwork shows that humans ...

(CNN) — Up a rocky cliff face, through a narrow opening, and at the end of a snaking passage lies a painting that archaeologists say is the world’s oldest known example of storytelling in art history.