Indonesian stencils rival age of Europe’s early cave art
Hand prints outlined in pigment were created nearly 40,000 years ago
OLD HAND Hand stencils such as this one previously found in caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date to the Stone Age, a new study finds. Two hand prints are about as old as the earliest examples of European cave art.
Kinez Riza
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