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World's oldest known rock art predates modern humans' entrance into Europe — and it was found in an Indonesian cave

The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.
PBS

Art, Prehistoric and Ancient

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...
Hyperallergic

Oldest Confirmed Cave Art Is a Single Red Dot

Neanderthal Minimalism? Are contemporary dot-errific artists Yayoi Kusama and Damien Hirst being subconsciously influenced by their prehistoric ancestors? Or did some prehistoric gallery forget to ...
AOL

Mysterious symbols found near footprints shed light on ancient humans’ awareness of dinosaurs, scientists say

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Prehistoric humans ...
Time

Science: New Prehistoric Art Gallery

The pictures appearing on these pages —published for the first time outside of France—are from the walls of a cavern near Montignac, Dordogne, a limestone region where many similar, though less ...
Southeast Missourian

Prehistoric drawings now open to public

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- More than 30 prehistoric cave drawings and etchings inside Dunbar Cave are now on public display more than a year after their initial discovery. There are 53 caves with ...
Newsweek

Prehistoric Rock Art Gave Hunter-Gatherers ‘Multisensory Experience’

A remarkable set of prehistoric rock art sites likely provided hunter-gatherers with an enchanting "multisensory experience" thanks to their special acoustic properties, a study has revealed.