http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. It is likely some of the most widespread and oldest art in the United States. Pieces of rock art dot the Appalachian Mountains, and research by University of Tennessee, Knoxville, anthropology professor Jan Simek finds each engraving or drawing is strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle. http://phys.org/news290862630.html Other Sciences Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:12:12 EST news290862630 A reindeer engraved on the wall of a cave in South Wales has been found to date from at least 14,505 years ago – making it the oldest known rock art in the British Isles. http://phys.org/news260181694.html Other Sciences Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:00:01 EST news260181694 The first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Saharan Africa used cattle for their milk nearly 7,000 years ago is described in research by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, UK, published today in Nature. http://phys.org/news259415212.html Other Sciences Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:00:09 EST news259415212 An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an Outback cave. http://phys.org/news259220420.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:00:01 EST news259220420 (Phys.org) -- Large clusters of rock art spanning thousands of years but located at the same site may hold key to detecting massive cultural changes in prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the north. http://phys.org/news256797610.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 May 2012 05:40:32 EST news256797610 Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are. http://phys.org/news255626138.html Other Sciences Mon, 07 May 2012 16:30:02 EST news255626138 Researchers have discovered an extremely old anthropomorphic figure engraved in rock in Brazil, according to a report published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news249148822.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:03 EST news249148822 (PhysOrg.com) -- An archaeologist at the University of Bristol believes he may have discovered Britain's oldest example of rock art. http://phys.org/news230913485.html Other Sciences Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:58:39 EST news230913485 Halfway up Salt Mountain in Utah, petroglyphs on a limestone rock bear witness to an obscure twist of history: a Hawaiian Mormon settlement that flourished briefly more than a century ago. http://phys.org/news221231886.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:18:29 EST news221231886 (PhysOrg.com) -- Werner Herzog’s new film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, tells the story of the ancient creation and modern discovery of the stunning rock-art of the Chauvet cave in the Ardèche Valley, south-east France. Shot in 3-D, the documentary takes the audience deep inside the huge caverns to marvel at the vivid, almost cinematic depictions of animals that date back some 32,000 years. The apparent freshness of these ancient images, and the technical ability they demonstrate, is staggering. http://phys.org/news221216115.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:55:32 EST news221216115 Scientists hunting for fossils of giant rats in East Timor stumbled on unique rock carvings up to 12,000 years old, Australia's research agency said. http://phys.org/news216625143.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:39:24 EST news216625143 (PhysOrg.com) -- New studies of 80 Bradshaw rock art works in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have shown their colors have not faded because the artworks are coated with a biofilm of bacteria and fungi. http://phys.org/news213516525.html Biology Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:00:01 EST news213516525 Archaeologists revealed they have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in Australia, the oldest object of its type ever found. http://phys.org/news208153007.html Other Sciences Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:17:31 EST news208153007 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s -- the oldest contact rock art in Australia. http://phys.org/news199101603.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:02:16 EST news199101603