New research from Tel Aviv University suggests prehistoric children were joint creators of European cave art, fulfilling a spiritual role for their communities ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis regarding an intriguing question: Why did ancient humans bring their young ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

The paper is published in the journal Arts. Dr. Assaf explains, "Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating phenomenon that intrigues many researchers. To date, around 400 caves containing ...

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

A cave painting on an Indonesian island is believed to be the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, researchers said on Thursday. Scientists from Australia’s Griffith University ...

The Cueva del Indio is a natural cavern used by indigenous Taino people who left behind a series of paintings on the cave walls. The artwork is estimated to have been made sometime between 1200 ...