The rock art scenes include sheep and cattle, indicating a pastoral society was present when the dogs were carved. Pastoralism is thought to have emerged on the Arabian Peninsula during the early ...

The painting depicted a scene with three human-like figures interacting ... “The earliest Sulawesi rock art is not ‘simple’-it is quite advanced and shows the mental capacity of people ...

Looking at the rock, Fjeld noticed it had some ... officials said. Other scenes depicted animals. The ancient paintings are the first of their kind found in the Moss area, the release said.

a work of art faded into a rock wall could be of global importance. A depiction of three humanoid figures and a pig, the painting is the oldest known scene created by humans, dated to at least ...

But the recent discovery of 200-year-old rock paintings found in South Africa now has scientists hypothesizing that this ancient creature may have been far more than just a legend. The first ...

said the paintings "clearly communicate a narrative scene about ritual, myth or supernatural ideas and were designed to communicate these ideas to the viewers". The cave rock art is also the ...