A red dot on a cave wall in Portugal does not look like much. It’s a small mark, crusted over by minerals, easy to miss beside the much more interesting animal figures and hand stencils made by Stone ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by prehistoric cave art, which offers a rare glimpse into the creative minds of our ancestors. Now, they might finally be able to “meet” some of the artists who ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA left behind on cave walls and rock art, opening a new way to ...