The oldest known cave painting in Africa (and perhaps the world) is a stunning 73,000-year-old cross-hatch pattern on a rock ...

Historian, academic, and researcher Joern Stoevring has published an insightful book exploring the San cave paintings' traditions, particularly focusing on the relationship between humans and animals.

While scientists have long puzzled over fossils, the discovery of this cave painting might forever change the perception of paleontology as a field.

We’ve evolved immensely, but can still benefit from thinking about ancient humans and how they lived their lives. Here’s why.

Nick Cave says he will retire from music when he is physically incapable of suddenly falling to his knees while on stage.

In 1983, archaeologists excavated Kruger Cave in South Africa and found a 7,000-year-old femur bone that belonged to an antelope. Researchers then noted something unusual about the bone: three bone ...

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Isobel Wisher, a postdoctoral researcher in the ...

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“I always just thought art was, kind of at the end of the day, everything. “I mean, it’s a terrible thing to say, but it was, it was always there. It was always reliable.” Cave admitted ...

At age 75, Vadevino Alano keeps up a brisk pace as he strides through the forest on the way to the Armadillo’s Den — a ...