As far back as roughly 25,000 years ago, Ice Age ... of animals. Over the last 150 years, the mysterious depictions, some dating back nearly 40,000 years, have been found in hundreds of caves ...

He widened his search to include not only cave paintings but also engravings ... was to compare the numbers Bacon found for the Ice Age animals against the life cycles of their present-day ...

Cave paintings of species such as reindeer ... the team was able to work out that the number of marks associated with Ice Age animals were a record, by lunar month, of when they were mating.

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...

This 'Y' symbol seen on Ice Age cave art may represent when an animal gives birth, a new study hypothesizes. (Cambridge Archaeological Journal) Nowell says she's not convinced the findings offer ...

Lines, dots and other symbols painted in caves ... animal behavior “critical” to people’s survival. The markings – lines, dots and “Y” marks – were found in more than 600 Ice Age ...

Cave lion or cave bear? Ice age animal puzzles archaeologists Before ... containing early forms of prehistoric art such as figurines and musical instruments. Do you have a tip on a science story ...