15,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery in Ireland Could Push Back Earliest Evidence of Humans on the Island by 5,000 Years
New archaeological discoveries in Ireland could push back the earliest human presence on the island by as much as 5,000 years.
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4,000 Years Ago, These Ancient Seafarers May Have Brought Symbolic Art to Distant Lands Earlier Than Their First Neolithic Pottery
The ancient Austronesian maritime civilization may have carried painted art on its journeys before developing its first Neolithic pottery.
Hidden Charcoal Inside a Famous French Cave Just Rewrote the Timeline of Its Ice Age Paintings
A recent study has identified charcoal in the cave paintings at France’s Font-de-Gaume, overturning the long-held assumption that these paintings lacked the carbon needed for radiocarbon dating.
51,200-Year-Old Cave Art, Likely the World’s Oldest, May Not Have Been Made by Modern Humans
New evidence suggests cave art on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, believed to be the world’s oldest, dates to an astonishing 51,200 years ago.
Mysterious Drawing of an African Lion Found in Ancient Puerto Rican Cave, Where There Are No Lions
Researchers studying Puerto Rico's first human occupation have found a mysterious drawing of an African lion inside an ancient cave.
A 24,000-Year-Old Discovery in a European Cave Left Researchers Stunned. Now They’re Calling it the “Most Important” of Its Kind
One of the most significant Palaeolithic art sites found in recent years has been discovered within a 500-meter-long cave on Europe’s Eastern Iberian Coast.