Ancient Sulawesi Hand Stencil Rewrites Timeline of Human Art
TL;DR
Researchers report a red hand stencil in Sulawesi dating to about 68,000 years ago—the oldest cave art known—suggesting early symbolic behavior in Southeast Asia and challenging Europe-centered views on the origins of modern human creativity, with implications for early human migrations toward Sahul (Australia–New Guinea).
- The world’s oldest cave painting was just discovered — and it could rewrite the origins of human history New York Post
- Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi Nature
- Faded hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest rock art CNN
- Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline BBC
- World's Oldest Cave Art Discovered In Indonesia Barron's
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