There’s a vibrant scene painted on the overhang of a sandstone cliff in the Koesberg mountains, central South Africa, that’s challenging local traditions of paleontology. Spanning 30-feet in all, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists discovered a rock painting of an animal from at least 200 years ago in South Africa that may match with fossils ...

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Northwest of Del Rio, where the Pecos River meets the Rio Grande, there are dozens of caves and rock shelters decorated with ...

Archaeologists have discovered a new style of ancient Australian rock art that features unusual depictions of human and animal figures, seemingly living in harmony. The works from this ancient art ...

Ancient, life-size rock carvings depicting camels, gazelles, and other animals have been unearthed in the Saudi Arabian desert, with researchers dating the remarkable artworks back approximately ...

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals that walked the Earth 260 million years ago. A new paper argues that we should consider these images a form of Indigenous paleontology.

NEFUD DESERT, SAUDI ARABIA—Researchers were recently surprised when they encountered more than 60 ancient rock art panels lining the mountainous terrain of the Nefud Desert in northern Saudi Arabia, ...

On a sandstone cliff in South Africa, a series of paintings recount a riveting battle. Spears fly as shield-wielding warriors charge. Animals, including an aardvark and scores of antelope, fringe the ...

An unusual dating method revealed the painting's age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A nearly-life-size depiction of a kangaroo ...