Zaraysk is the northernmost known location for a style of Stone Age artwork called Kostenski-Avdeevo after two other Russian locations where art of that type has been found. Amirkhanov and Lev ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Evolution of Paleolithic Art ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 218 No. 2 (February 1968), p. 58 doi:10.1038 ...

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

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice ... in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make pigments -- black ...

Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...

The drawings differ from many of the prehistoric cave paintings discovered from the Upper Paleolithic period in that they ... of the oldest examples of rock art known to man.

Stone Age people were by no means dull cave dwellers ... have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Caves and Ice Age ...

Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...

But, art or not, Conard emphasizes that Stone Age sculptors imbued their work with larger meaning.“They’re talking about something other than their daily lives.” ...