Latest about caves
Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian Cave
The Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.
Hidden passage leads explorers to deepest cave Down Under
Cavers have successfully navigated Australia's deepest cave and named it the "Delta Variant" after COVID-19.
Cave explorers discover a 19th-century mining scene preserved like a time capsule
While exploring an old mine in northwestern England, a group of cavers stumbled upon 200-year-old personal items and equipment left by 19th-century cobalt miners.
Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China
A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a giant new sinkhole with a forest at its bottom.
Largest known cave art images in US by Indigenous Americans discovered in Alabama
Using a 3D scanning process known as photogrammetry, archeologists have uncovered five previously unknown giant cave paintings.
How are stalactites and stalagmites formed?
Reference These ancient cave decorations take thousands of years to appear, building up drip by painstaking drip
Burial of infant 'Neve' could be oldest of its kind in Europe
An infant burial discovered in the Italian Alps sheds light on how the hunter-gatherers of Europe dealt with issues of personhood and status 10,000 years ago.
Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube cave
In the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
