The ‘exceptional’ 13,000-year-old miniature likely helped Paleolithic humans understand their landscape.

This new finding, which dates back approximately 13,000 years, adds a new dimension to our understanding of Paleolithic human ingenuity.

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. The research is published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

A single cave appears to host three very different styles of ancient art, two of them unlike anything else known from the last ice age.