The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago or less, in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make ...

Discovering any collection of Paleolithic ... Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain’s eastern coast in Valencia, whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the ...

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic ... The post Paleolithic kids’ finger painting in underground caves may have had a lofty purpose appeared ...

Since strong arguments can be advanced that many Upper Paleolithic societies in Southwest Europe were ... analysis of the physical viewing contexts and other key attributes of cave art images to ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

New research suggests prehistoric children weren’t just along for the ride—they may have played powerful spiritual roles deep within ancient caves, leaving behind sacred art that still ... the study ...

Finger paintings made by children in Rouffignac Cave ... multidisciplinary approach combining archaeological analysis of children’s traces in Upper Paleolithic caves with anthropological insights from ...

Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University proposed a theory explaining the mysterious presence of small children in the depths of caves adorned with Paleolithic rock paintings. The study ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans ... “To date, around 400 caves containing cave art have been discovered, mainly in France and ...