Indonesia's ancient hand stencils reveal oldest cave art at 67,800 years
TL;DR
Dating from the Liang Metanduno cave on Sulawesi's Muna Island, hand stencils are about 67,800 years old, making them the oldest known cave art. The technique involved blowing pigment over a pressed hand, and the find suggests early Indonesians created sophisticated art long before similar European examples, with potential links to the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians.
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- A 67,800-Year-Old Handprint May Be the World’s Oldest Rock Art The New York Times
- Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline BBC
- The world’s oldest rock art discovered in Indonesia National Geographic
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