This hand stencil in Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art

The cave art was made more than 67,000 years ago

Archaeologists think this hand stencil (highlighted in the center of this 3-D rendering of the art in order to better see the barely there image) was made on the walls of a cave by Homo sapiens more than 67,000 years ago. It's now almost obscured by encrustation and later paintings.

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