The discovery of the Lascaux Cave paintings in France during World War II changed how we view art and its importance to us as human beings. The loose line drawings from the Paleolithic Era are in ...

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PARIS — Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened Thursday in Paris to discuss how to stop the spread of fungus stains — aggravated by global warming — that threaten France's prehistoric ...

Previously undiscovered symbols in the Lascaux network of caves are definitive evidence that the human "like" dates back to prehistoric times. (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic, original photo ...

Simon Coencas, now 89, will join President Francois Hollande for the inauguration of the display at a visitors' centre in Montignac. The last of four boys who discovered the Lascaux cave paintings, a ...

What does prehistoric art tell us? Where does art begin? When in prehistoric human life did the drive start that spun poems, painting, and symphonies? It’s not difficult to reason from what we seem to ...