Evidence from caves in France and Spain shows Neanderthals made symbolic art long before Homo sapiens, reshaping ideas about ...

Neanderthals inhabited western Eurasia from about 400,000 years ago until their extinction about 40,000 years ago and have often been caricatured as the archetypal "cavemen". Questions about their ...

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Banyllashisha Wankhar from Meghalaya explores the cultural and ecological significance of caves through her film The Cave Within Me.

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Between the Sinks and the Rise of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie, the river famously disappears into subterranean mystery.

Ancient cave paintings dating back 65,000 years are turning human history on its head. Found in remote caves across four continents, these artworks suggest a shocking origin—and they weren’t made by ...