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67,800-year-old hand stencils found deep in a cave just became the world's oldest rock art
On an idyllic tropical island, archaeologists have found a cave wall that's been carefully adorned with pigment in an oddly familiar, yet wonderfully unique style. Geochemical analysis revealed that ...
Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs.
A nearly 68,000-year-old hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, may be the oldest rock art ever discovered – and rather than a simple handprint, it appears to have been ...
The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...
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