Ancient 'paint factory' unearthed   BBC - October 14, 2011

The kits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint have been found at the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa. The hoard includes red and yellow pigments, shell containers, and the grinding cobbles and bone spatulas to work up a paste - everything an ancient artist might need in their workshop. These finds indicate that humans were certainly thinking in a modern way, in a way that is cognitively advanced, at least 100,000 years ago.

Stone-age toddlers had art lessons, study says   Guardian - September 30, 2011
Stone age toddlers may have attended a form of prehistoric nursery where they were encouraged to develop their creative skills in cave art, say archaeologists. Research indicates young children expressed themselves in an ancient form of finger-painting. And, just as in modern homes, their early efforts were given pride of place on the living room wall.

Scientists reveal a first in Ice Age art   PhysOrg - June 21, 2011
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida have announced the discovery of a bone fragment, approximately 13,000 years old, in Florida with an incised image of a mammoth or mastodon. This engraving is the oldest and only known example of Ice Age art to depict a proboscidean (the order of animals with trunks) in the Americas.

Italy: Primitive Cinema Used Echoes and Rock Engravings   Live Science - July 8, 2010

Prehistoric man enjoyed a primitive version of cinema   PhysOrg - June 29, 2010

The ancient Aboriginal rock carving known as 'Climbing Man' is shown in this photo taken on the Burrup Peninsula in Australia in 2008.

Religious beliefs are the basis of the origins of Palaeolithic art   PhysOrg - March 26, 2010

Stone man joins carved animals in neolithic farmyard   Guardian - September 10, 2009

Ancient stone artwork discovered   BBC - August 18, 2009

Prehistoric artwork has been discovered by an amateur archaeologist at a Perthshire mountain range.

Hand Stencils Through Time   National Geographic - June 26, 2009

Clusters of hand stencils dating back 2,500 years cover the walls of Argentina's Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands) in Patagonia.

Prehistoric European Cave Artists Were Female   National Geographic - June 26, 2009

Inside France's 25,000-year-old Pech Merle cave, hand stencils surround the famed "Spotted Horses" mural.

Oldest Art in Americas Found on Mammoth Bone?   National Geographic - June 11, 2009

Obsession with Naked Women Dates Back 35,000 Years   Live Science - May 13, 2009

Sexy "Venus" may be oldest figurine yet discovered. Radiocarbon dating indicates the figure excavated from an archaeological dig in southern Germany, near the Danube valley, was at least 35,000 years old.

Australia: Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion   Live Science - May 11, 2009

Modern Australia lacks big land predators, but until about 30,000 years ago, the continent was ruled by Thylacoleo carnifex, the marsupial "lion." Several well-preserved skeletons of the leopard-size beast have been found. Now, a newly discovered cave painting offers a glimpse of the animal's external appearance.

New Stone Age artefacts unearthed    BBC - December 1, 2008

The carving has a feminine form, reminiscent of Venus figurines found from Siberia to the Pyrenees.

Hawaiian Makauwahi Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets National Geographic - October 25, 2008

This may be the richest fossil site in the entire Pacific Island region, loaded with bird and fish bones and ancient Polynesian artifacts

Ancient Figurines Found - From First Modern Humans? National Geographic - December 17, 2003

Humans have had a refined artistic bent for at least 33,000 years, according to the discovery of three deftly carved ivory figurines in a cave in southwestern Germany. The miniature statues include a horse, a diving waterfowl, and a half-man, half-lion.

Ivory bird displays ancient skill BBC - December 17, 2003

A sculpted piece of mammoth ivory may be the earliest representation of a bird in the archaeological record. The 30,000-year-old figurine, found at Hohle Fels Cave in Germany's Ach Valley, depicts what looks to be a diving cormorant with swept-back wings.

'Oldest sculpture' found in Morocco May 23, 2003 - BBC

A 400,000-year-old stone object unearthed in Morocco could be the world's oldest attempt at sculpture.

Faces from the Ice Age May 28, 2002 - BBC News