Indonesian Handprint Rewrites the Dawn of Cave Art at 67,800+ Years
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A hand stencil in Liang Metando cave on Muna Island, Indonesia, has been dated to at least 67,800 years ago using uranium-series dating, making it the oldest known cave art and suggesting Homo sapiens may have created art earlier than previously thought and perhaps migrated to Australia even sooner than current estimates.
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