One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

Ratno SardiScientists have determined a cave painting depicting what looks to be a hunting ... According to the BBC, the ...

Located inside the limestone cave of ... prehistoric art to be found in the area’s intriguing limestone caves. The same study redated a scene of part human, part animal figures hunting warty ...

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

According to Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, 6,500-year-old objects found deep within a cave in West Texas may comprise the ...

Dr. Assaf adds: “Based on extensive studies about children in indigenous societies, along with new insights into rituals performed in caves with cave paintings, a new understanding is emerging ...

14,700 years ago, in a cave in Somerset, our ancestors were eating other people. Museum research reveals these Ice Age Britons weren't eating human flesh out of necessity but as part of a ritual ...

Dr. Assaf adds, "Based on extensive studies about children in Indigenous societies, along with new insights into rituals performed in caves with cave paintings, a new understanding is emerging ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave ... “hunting magic”—representations of sought-after game animals and, therefore, survival tools, not works of art.