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Eight southwest Irish caves contain rock art dating to at least 15,000 years ago, suggesting Ireland's first humans may have traveled from Wales via a Ice Age land bridge; researchers used AI-driven mapping to locate sites, pushing back Ireland’s earliest human presence by thousands of years.
Archaeologists from the Lost Land Bridge Project identify eight southwest Ireland caves with rock art dating back at least 15,000 years, suggesting Ireland’s first inhabitants crossed from Wales across a now-dry land bridge during the Ice Age; AI-assisted analysis helped locate sites, pushing back Ireland’s earliest known habitation by about 5,000 years while keeping exact cave locations private to deter vandalism.