An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago. The work was dated by a group of experts from Australia and Indonesia in a ...

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Credit: Ratno Sardi/Adhi Agus Oktaviana/Maxime Aubert/Cover Images A hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Indonesia ...

It really just shows how long people have been making rock art in that part of the world,” an archaeology professor said of ...

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, ...

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Rock art found in Indonesia dates to at least 67,800 years ago, representing the earliest known cave art made by humans.