At least 67,800 years ago, someone placed their hand on the wall inside a limestone cave and used a reddish-brown pigment to trace the outline of a handprint. But the unknown artist didn’t stop there: ...

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 ...

A painting of a red hand found in a cave in Indonesia is believed to be the world's earliest rock art. Discovered in a cave on the island of Sulawesi, experts think the stencil was made by our species ...

A research group says that a human handprint found on a cave wall in Indonesia could be the world's oldest known cave art, created at least 67,800 years ago. The researchers from Indonesia and ...

Maxime Aubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Google Arts & Culture and The National Geographic Society. Adam Brumm receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adhi ...

Hand stencils found in an Indonesian cave have been dated to back to at least 67,800 years ago, making it the world's oldest-known rock art. The team behind the discovery suggest the location of the ...

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The outline of a hand made with red pigment on the wall of a cave in Indonesia at least 67,800 years ago may be the world’s oldest rock art, according to a new study. The faded hand stencil, along ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...

An international scientific team has determined that a hand stencil discovered in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is at least 67,800 years old, making it the oldest reliably dated ...