Cave art researchers have a tantalizing new theory to explain prehistoric paintings: that the images came to life in the flickering flames of candlelight as an early form of cinema. “The flickering ...
In a sealed cave in France, scientists uncovered intricate engravings made 57,000 years ago—long before modern humans arrived. Created by Neanderthals using their fingers on soft limestone walls, ...
Archaeologists have been excavating Israel's Tinshemet Cave for nearly a decade, but a discovery in the cave is getting attention for what it reveals about early-human behavior. Most interesting to ...
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About 8,200 years ago, in one of the last places settled by humans, prehistoric peoples began painting comblike designs as the climate shifted. By Becky Ferreira In the stark inland desert of ...