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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Indonesian cave art 'raises questions about early mankind': 40,000-year-old paintings are the oldest ever found in Asia

Indonesian cave art 'raises questions about early mankind': 40,000-year-old paintings are the oldest ever found in Asia | Daily Mail Online: "Cave paintings dating back almost 40,000 years have been discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The artwork includes animal drawings and hand stencils, and each was drawn onto limestone cave sites in the south west of the country.

Cave paintings dating back almost 40,000 years have been discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This photo, issued by the University of Wollongong, shows a hand stencil found in a cave in Indonesia, raising new questions about early mankind and the development of art in prehistoric times

The artwork is almost as old as those found in Europe, which experts claim raises questions about early mankind and how art developed globally in prehistoric times."

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