Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Oldest known rock art is a 68,000-year-old hand stencil with claws


Newly discovered rock art sites in Sulawesi, Indonesia, that date to nearly 68,000 years ago are thought to be the oldest rock art in the world, pre-dating Neanderthal hand stencils in Spain by 1100 years

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on New Scientist

Read more on:

Photo of Year

Year

Photo of claws

claws

Photo of known rock art

known rock art

Related news:

News photo

Bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil was an unknown life form

News photo

2.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Ethiopia Shows Paranthropus Hominins Were Widespread

News photo

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