This article was originally published with the title “ The Evolution of Paleolithic Art ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 218 No. 2 (February 1968), p. 58 doi:10.1038 ...

Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice ... in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make pigments -- black ...

Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...

Elsewhere, at France’s Rouffignac Cave, evidence points to a child under the age of five drawing at least one ... of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans were children or young ...