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The World’s Oldest Cave Art Was Just Discovered in Indonesia



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Study co-author Maxime Aubert examining a cave painting in a Muna island cave. (source: Reuters)

A joint team of Indonesian and Australian archaeologists has just announced the discovery of the world’s oldest cave art on Muna island, Indonesia.

Dating back at least 67,800 years, a faint red handprint pressed against a cave wall has forced archaeologists to rethink just how far back human art and migration go.

Fresh clues about how humans spread across the globe

Cave paintings found on Muna island, dating back at least 67,800 years. (source: Maxime Aubert / Associated Press via Al Jazeera)

The team, whose findings were published in the scientific journal Nature, had been working in Indonesia for quite a long time when they made the discovery. Following a hunch, they decided to explore caves on Muna island on the advice of…

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