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 32,000 years old, and mammoth-ivory ...

All of these creatures went extinct about 13,000 years ago, likely due to a combination of climate change and over-hunting ... review of evidence such as cave paintings and experimental studies.

Carved out of mammoth ivory ... viewed such pieces as “hunting magic”—representations of sought-after game animals and, therefore, survival tools, not works of art. The problem is, many ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

Credit: Marc Händel / ÖAW-ÖAI The findings include two excavation areas spanning several meters, located a short distance from each other, where mammoth bones appear arranged in multiple overlapping ...