A nearly 68,000-year-old hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, may be the oldest rock art ever discovered – and rather than a simple handprint, it appears to have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hand stencil was likely created by a population that is closely linked to the ancestors of Indigenous Australians. The cave ...

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist—or perhaps artists—was hard at work. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Standing ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

Scientists have identified what they believe to be the oldest known rock art in the world inside a cave in Indonesia. ADAM BRUMM: So this is a human hand mark created by blowing paint around a human ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...

For years, the oldest widely accepted cave art came from Spain, where mineral crusts dated paintings to more than 64,000 years. That work also relied on uranium decay in crusts, so it offered a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Kingdom covers travel, with a focus on sustainable luxury. Tucked into the northwest corner of Botswana, far from the crowds ...

Scientists have discovered what they say is the earliest known rock art, in a cave in Indonesia. They say the image dates to more than 67,000 years ago. Scientists have identified what they believe to ...