The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. From cave paintings to carved figurines, a plethora of sophisticated artwork between 35,000 to ...

Unknown vandals recently scratched out two ancient Aboriginal hand stencils at Nirmena Nala rock shelter in Tasmania, in the upper region of the Derwent valley. The damage, which almost completely ...

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The artists who spattered paint around their hands placed on cave walls 40,000 years ago can now be identified as either male or female. A new method borrows techniques from forensic science to find ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Hand stencil in a cave in Indonesia, dated to at least 39,900 years old (photo by Kinza Riza, via Nature.com) New dating of rock art in Indonesia shows that at the same time stampedes of bulls and ...

Scientists uncovered the oldest known hand stencil in Sulawesi, dating back nearly 40,000 years, revealing ancient artistic roots. Hand stencils. Credit: Kinez Riza Humans are intrinsically artists.

The island of Sulawesi in Indonesia is home to cave art dating back more than 45,000 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some ...

Panel 3 in Maltravieso Cave showing 3 hand stencils (centre right, centre top and top left). One has been dated to at least 66,000 years ago and must have been made by a Neanderthal (colour enhanced).

A fragmented painting of a pig-deer or babirusa (Babyrousa sp.) and hand stencil from one of the caves in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kinez Riza Modern critics would probably hail the up and coming rock ...

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 ...

Dr. Maxime Aubert, archeologist and geochemist, uses his headlamp to examine the cave art at Leang Lompoa in Maros, Indonesia. Justin Mott I struggle to keep my footing on a narrow ridge of earth ...