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Year in review: Asian cave art got an early start

Hand stencils revise painting history

Hand stencils found in Indonesia were painted more than 39,000 years ago, researchers determined in 2014. That age makes the cave art nearly as old as Europe’s earliest rock art. 

Kinez Riza

By Bruce Bower

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