The oldest cave art in the world has been discovered, but scientists don’t think it was humans who did it. Cave paintings dating back 24,000 years have previously been uncovered in Spain.

1), was dated to a minimum of 51,200 years ago and is therefore Homo sapiens’ oldest known cave painting. Compared with previous methods, our approach offers faster, less-destructive and more ...

Some researchers think the scene could be the world's oldest-recorded ... Last year, a cave painting in Borneo - thought to be the oldest of an animal - was found to be at least 40,000 years ...

Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known animal cave painting in Indonesia - a wild pig - believed to be drawn 45,500 years ago. Painted using dark red ochre pigment, the life-sized ...

The results found the artwork was painted at least 51,200 years ago, making it the oldest known reliably dated cave art image in the world, and the earliest narrative art found anywhere ...

as well as other prehistoric art cited in the study, also suggested that other ancient relics were used for time-taking. The Lion-Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave, the oldest known sculpture ...

The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago or less, in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 12, 1940, the Lascaux cave paintings, estimated to be 17,000 years old, were discovered in southwestern France.

Swimming is one of the most popular and oldest sports in the world, dating back thousands of years. There have been several ancient paintings discovered that indicate unique early swimming ...