Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years ...

Objects found alongside the remains may have been used during ceremonies to honor the dead and could shed light on how ancient ancestors thought about spirituality and the afterlife.

Archaeologists find skeletons at Tinshemet Cave in north, along with pebbles, animal remains and a reddish pigment made from ...

Dr. Assaf explains: “Cave art created by early humans is a fascinating phenomenon that intrigues many researchers. To date, around 400 caves containing cave art have been discovered, mainly in ...

But of this, he feels sure: The more than 40,000-year-old art in this remote cave in Indonesia — the oldest figurative painting ever found — represents an important turning point in human history.

Humans have forever been engaged in arts in some form or the other. Be it the early cave paintings to the frescoes and murals today, artworks have been around for centuries.

Fossilized bones of early modern humans recovered from the cave were likely washed inside with loose sediments from surrounding hillsides during periods of heavy rainfall, explained Mike Morely of ...

Archaeologists keep finding older and older cave art. Here’s what it could tell us about how humans evolved over time.