It's well-known that hunter-gatherers in many regions of the world spent much of their time hunting marine animals. Yet many mysteries still exist about the common practice. But recently discovered ...

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals that walked the Earth 260 million years ago. A new paper argues that we should consider these images a form of Indigenous paleontology.

There’s a vibrant scene painted on the overhang of a sandstone cliff in the Koesberg mountains, central South Africa, that’s challenging local traditions of paleontology. Spanning 30-feet in all, it ...

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Archaeologists have discovered a new style of ancient Australian rock art that features unusual depictions of human and animal figures, seemingly living in harmony. The works from this ancient art ...

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An ancient elk gazes into the distance from the steep shoreline cliff of Lake Yövesi. The autumn day is sunny, but very windy ...

Ancient, life-size rock carvings depicting camels, gazelles, and other animals have been unearthed in the Saudi Arabian desert, with researchers dating the remarkable artworks back approximately ...

A stunning discovery in the Amazon rainforest! Archaeologists have uncovered a massive 12,500-year-old rock painting in Colombia that depicts both extinct animals and mythical creatures. This ancient ...

WASHINGTON-- Scientists have found the oldest known example of an animal drawing: a red silhouette of a bull-like beast on the wall of an Indonesian cave. The sketch is at least 40,000 years old, ...

The painted rocks that were laid out on the south end of the Seabrook Public Works and Animal Control Facility were there just put a smile on people’s faces, said Leah Larson. Larson, a member of ...

Ancient Rock Art This image provided by Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project shows a life-size rock carving of a camel, in a desert in northern Saudi Arabia in 2023. (Maria Guagnin/Sahout Rock Art ...