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Scientists have discovered what may be the world's oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67,800 years ago. The ...

(CNN) — Up a rocky cliff face, through a narrow opening, and at the end of a snaking passage lies a painting that archaeologists say is the world’s oldest known example of storytelling in art history.

For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and figurative imagery were treated as proof of a uniquely human leap in cognition—a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 years ago. The tan-colored prints analyzed ...

NEW YORK — 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 years ago. The tan-colored prints analyzed by ...

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