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.
The 67,800-year-old reddish-colored stenciled image has become faded over time and is barely visible on a cave wall, but ...
World’s Oldest Cave Art Discovered, And An Outline Of A Hand ...
The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...
That makes Liang Metanduno the home of the oldest known artwork in the world, beating the previous contender (a Neanderthal ...
The fingers of one of the hands were "retouched to become pointed like claws," the study's co-author said.
The 67,800-year-old reddish-colored stenciled image has become faded over time and is barely visible on a cave wall, but nonetheless embodies an early achievement of human creativity. The painted ...