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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, ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago. The work was dated by a group of experts from Australia and Indonesia in a ...

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A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a lost continent known as Sahul that once linked Australia with southeast Asia.

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

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

Handprints on the walls of Indonesian caves may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back at least 67,800 years. The tan-colored prints uncovered on the island of Sulawesi were made ...