Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

“The traces preserved in the cave of La Roche-Cotard make a new and very important contribution to our knowledge of Neanderthal behaviour,” the study concluded. The finding adds to a growing ...

Deep within a French cave, researchers may have uncovered the world’s oldest 3D map. While exploring the Ségognole 3 cave ...

An ancient bone discovered in a French cave could prove the existence of an unknown human species. The bone, which is believed to be a hip bone, is known as an ilium and was excavated from a cave ...

Made by dragging fingers across relatively soft rock, lines, swirls and dots on the walls of a cave in France are the oldest known engravings by Neanderthals, according to a new analysis of the ...