Correction: In a previous version of this story, the headline and photo caption incorrectly stated the number of human figures in the cave art.

paintings of jaguar, tapir and red deer (shown here, c. 10,000 B.C.) interact with human figures in scenes that include dancing and hunting. Niède Guidon / Bradshaw Foundation Coliboaia Cave ...

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

Discovered in 2000 by an amateur cave explorer, the Grotte de Cussac in the Dordogne department holds ancient human remains ... he felt when he saw the curved figures and silhouettes carved ...

Discovered in 2000 by an amateur cave explorer, the Grotte de Cussac in the Dordogne department holds ancient human remains, traces of long-extinct ... of adrenaline" he felt when he saw the curved ...

“This unique stone, which contains a set of graphic representations of human origin could be 100,000 years older than the oldest cave art depictions,” the Marbella City Council said in a statemen ...

Grotte de Cussac holds ancient human remains ... The 1.6-kilometre (mile-long) cave has more than 1,000 carved figures, both animals and stylised feminine forms. Scientists have dated them ...