Oldest Cave Art

AOL: Handy work: Stencil rock paintings found in Indonesia may be world's oldest cave art

Scientists have discovered what may be the world's oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67,800 years ago. The ...

Handy work: Stencil rock paintings found in Indonesia may be world's oldest cave art

MSN: World’s oldest cave art discovered, and an outline of a hand

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Researchers working in eastern Indonesia have identified what now stands as the oldest known example of cave art, based on new dating of a faint hand outline preserved on a limestone wall. The image ...

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MSN: Hand stencil made almost 68,000 years ago is the oldest cave art ever found

The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying handprints in Indonesia. The find, along with others recently made in the ...

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Hand stencil made almost 68,000 years ago is the oldest cave art ever found

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.

NPR: A stencil of a handprint in an Indonesian cave is the oldest known rock art

A stencil of a handprint in an Indonesian cave is the oldest known rock art

Yahoo: Hand Shape Found in Indonesian Cave May Be the Oldest Rock Art Ever Discovered

A faded outline of a human hand found on a cave wall in Indonesia may officially be the oldest known rock art in the world, according to archaeologists who say it was created at least 67,800 years ago ...