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

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

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 ...

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, traces of long-extinct ... of adrenaline" he felt when he saw the curved ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...