The last Ice Age made mountain conditions hostile, and our ancestors mostly retreated to the lowlands if they’d been living ...

Scientists say they have begun to decipher the symbols on Ice Age cave art — and it all started with a hunch by an enthusiastic layperson. Ben Bacon, a London furniture conservator and ...

“We will probably never know,” says Ben Bacon, an independent researcher based in London who helped decipher the cave art. One possible explanation could be that the symbol represents the ...

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 ...

As far back as roughly 25,000 years ago, Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have jotted ... have been found in hundreds of caves across Europe. By comparing the marks to the animals’ life cycles ...

A new study reveals that Ice Age hunter-gatherers were using markings ... “Using information and imagery of cave art available via the British Library and on the internet, I amassed as much ...

Lead researcher Ben Bacon (inset), Horse drawn onto the wall of Niaux Cave (Ariège ... decoding the meanings of markings seen in Ice Age drawings. The study, led by Durham University, found ...

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. What children's cave art tells us about life 14,000 years ago Ice-age children are behind ...

Ice Age hunter-gatherers in Europe did so much more than simply draw animals as they saw them. According to a new study their cave drawings hold secret meanings that records detailed information ...

Three lines placed within an engraved salmon at Pindal cave in Spain from about 17,000 years ago Ice Age hunter-gatherers in Europe used cave drawings to record detailed information about the ...