A discovery deep within a cave in Spain has challenged the history of human artistic expression. Researchers have determined that hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave are more than 66,000 years old, ...

Archaeologists in Australia believe they have identified a previously undocumented beeswax stenciling technique used by ancient artists to create cave paintings. Most rock art stencils are large in ...

Perhaps the most evocative windows into the minds of our ancient ancestors are the images they painted on the walls of caves – renderings known simply as rock art or cave paintings. Rock art, which is ...

In a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a hand stencil has been dated to at least 67,800 years ago, making it the oldest known example of rock art currently identified anywhere in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researcher Maxime Aubert examines an ancient cave painting in a limestone cave called Liang Metanduno on Muna, a small satellite ...

Scientists have discovered what may be the world's oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67,800 years ago. The ...

Petroglyphs at Yilbilinji rock shelter, Australia (Courtesy Liam Brady) Reconstructed beeswax stencils(Courtesy Liam Brady) Ancient artists all over the world created ...

Indonesia’s vast archipelago is covered with the fingerprints of human history: ancient cave paintings. But on an island just off Sulawesi, archaeologists have now identified the world’s oldest known ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...