From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

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 ...

Upper Paleolithic cave paintings are found in at least 400 caves ... Predominantly, prehistoric hunters painted the animals they hunted with some level of realism. The portrayal of these animals ...

New Tel Aviv University research suggests prehistoric humans in Israel didn't create cave paintings because large animals had already gone extinct there, unlike in Europe. A scene from Upper ...

The Lascaux cave paintings were created around 14,000 years ago. They show animals as well as some human hunters. Some historians believe that Stone Age paintings had a religious meaning.