“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 ...

A permanent virtual exhibit of one of France’s most famous prehistoric sites, the undersea Cosquer Cave, is set to open its doors as concerns grow that it could be completely inundated as a ...

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

In the world of archaeology, finding ancient maps or drawings can reveal a lot about how early humans thought and lived. A fascinating discovery in a French cave is giving researchers new insights ...

The Saint-Marcel cave is one of France’s largest and best-researched cave systems. Its caverns and tunnels stretch underground for 64 kilometers. Humans have sheltered there since the Middle ...

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 ...