cave art

noun

paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters, especially naturalistic depictions of animals, produced by Upper Paleolithic peoples of western Europe between about 28,000 and 10,000 years ago.

First recorded in 1920–25

They fashioned jewelry from shells, animal teeth, and eagle talons, and made cave art.

As a geologist who studies Stone Age cave art, Iñaki Intxaurbe is used to making treks underground in a headlamp and boots.

In hundreds of years, emoji could become the digital cave art of our times.

As a geologist who studies Stone Age cave art, Iñaki Intxaurbe is used to making subterranean treks in a headlamp and boots.

The existence of the images—which resemble the styles and themes found in European cave art—has been known for some time.

Scientists have long thought that the oldest cave art was in Europe.

Magdalenian civilization was gradually broken up, and the cave art suffered sharp decline until at length it perished utterly.

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