Stone Age people living in Europe 20,000 years ... according to a study of mysterious symbols on artefacts and cave walls. If confirmed, this would push back the earliest known appearance of ...

This 'Y' symbol seen on Ice Age cave art may represent when an animal gives ... and questions why the paleolithic people would start their calendar in the spring and abandon it in the winter.

To him, figures like the lion carving could represent rituals, like people dressing up as animals while hunting. Still, he says, it’s difficult to say for certain. In general, there are two ways of ...

In the study, archaeologists argue cave drawings and abstract symbols form a “proto-writing ... took an interest in cave art drawings, BBC reported. “The meaning of the markings within ...

Lines, dots and other symbols painted ... to people’s survival. The markings – lines, dots and “Y” marks – were found in more than 600 Ice Age images on cave walls and portable objects ...

Patterns of lines and dots associated with specific animal species in cave art may point to an early writing system. The four dots painted across the back of this aurochs (wild ox) in the Lascaux ...

An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot. A study says it may have had symbolic ...

Surprisingly, though, we also found this symbol in cave art from Borneo thought ... to produce a unique Malagasy people. The richly detailed and diverse art is notable also for what it doesn ...

Unearthed in a cave at the Tham Din archaeological site within Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, the remains were buried alongside charcoal, ashes, and striking red ochre paintings covering the walls.

He’s also the man who led the team that uncovered hundreds of images of prehistoric cave art. “Tennessee ... “6,000 years ago, people were hunting and gathering. They were fishing.