Until Aubert went to Sulawesi, the oldest dated art was firmly in Europe. The spectacular lions and rhinos of Chauvet Cave, in southeastern France, are commonly thought to be around 30,000 to ...

At the time the art was created, people were living as hunters and gatherers, and it's possible that rituals of some form ...

The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet in France and at Altamira in Spain remains elusive. But scientists conclude that this art, some of it brilliant ...

These paintings are often made with raw materials ... It is partly why figurative artworks in Europe, like the ones in the Chauvet Cave in France and the El Castillo in Spain which date between ...

The earliest Greek cave art depicting extinct animals was discovered on Crete and is believed to be at least 11,000 years old ...

Let’s explore some common myths and misconceptions about evolution. The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where ... it turns up in paintings of bison, rhinos and lions on the walls of caves like Chauvet and Altamira.