Ancient cave paintings that seemed to depict make-believe white-spotted horses might have been drawn from real life, scientists now find. The cave paintings of the Stone Age are not only among the ...

Prototype of painting of the facsimile of the Chauvet cave, which contains some of the earliest known cave paintings Arc, in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images Prehistoric cave ...

LONDON -- Gary Hume once told me that he was a caveman -- stuck in his cavern, attempting to paint the world outside. It was a neat way of saying that the problems of painting haven't really changed ...

Learn how AI trained on modern finger flutings offers a first step toward identifying the makers of prehistoric art and could bring forgotten voices back into history.

A fascinating discovery in South Africa has sparked renewed debate about whether ancient myths were inspired by real, now-extinct animals. Archaeologists have uncovered a 200-year-old rock painting ...

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