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 ...

This story appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. This is where the cave lions are. And the woolly rhinos, mammoths, and bison, a menagerie of ancient creatures ...

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 ...

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 walls of France's Chauvet cave, occupied 32,000 years ago, are painted with lions, hyenas and bears—perhaps the oldest paintings in the world. The artists weren't the cave's only occupants ...