The art's creators were likely part of the population that would later cross the sea and become the ancestors of Indigenous Australians.

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, ...

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analyzed by Indonesian ...

Hand stencils in Muna Island caves, Indonesia, may be 67,800 years old, making them the world’s oldest cave paintings and highlighting early human creativity.

The stencil, which had remained largely unnoticed amidst more recent paintings of animals and figures, is now the oldest ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

An ancient handprint discovered in an Indonesian cave, dated at least 67,800 years old, may be the world's oldest rock art.

Rock art found in Indonesia dates to at least 67,800 years ago, representing the earliest known cave art made by humans.

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A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists ...

A drawing of a claw-like hand on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art in the world. The ...