In an Indonesian cave system known for its prehistoric art, the oldest cave art yet found was hiding in plain sight. In a cave full of paintings that were well studied over the years, a faint hand ...

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 ...

A stunning discovery in Sulawesi reveals Rock Art in the form of the oldest cave paintings on earth estimated to be more than 51,200 years old, breaking the previous record for human creativity.

A cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever discovered, researchers say. The artwork, which depicts a human-like figure interacting with a ...

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

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 ...

Ancient handprint on Sulawesi cave wall suggests complexity of thought, challenging long-held belief that human intelligence erupted in Europe ...

For years, the oldest widely accepted cave art came from Spain, where mineral crusts dated paintings to more than 64,000 years. That work also relied on uranium decay in crusts, so it offered a ...

In July 2024, an international team announced an amazing discovery in Sulawesi: cave paintings at Leang Karampuang from at least 51,200 years ago. The images depict three human‑like figures ...

For the past 40 years, hiking rugged terrain has been a necessary part of research for archeologists at University of Alicante. The mountains around Alicante and Valencia teem with prehistoric cave ...

Hand stencil in a cave in Indonesia, dated to at least 39,900 years old (photo by Kinza Riza, via Nature.com) New dating of rock art in Indonesia shows that at the same time stampedes of bulls and ...

The Chauvet-Pont D'Arc cave is one of the most famous underground caverns in the world, housing one of the oldest and best-preserved collections of prehistoric cave paintings ever discovered. Now, ...