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at least compatible in age with the oldest
European art. The earliest dated image from Maros, with a minimum age of 39.9 kyr, is now the oldest known hand stencil in the world. In addition, a painting of a babirusa ('pig-deer') made at least 35.4 kyr ago is among the earliest dated figurative depictions worldwide, if not the earliest one. Among the implications, it can now be demonstrated that humans were producing rock art by ~40 kyr ago at opposite ends of the Pleistocene Eurasian world."
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volume 514, pages 223–227 (09 October 2014) "using uranium-series dating of coralloid speleothems directly associated with 12 human hand stencils and two figurative animal depictions from seven cave sites in the Maros karsts of
Sulawesi, we show that rock art traditions on this Indonesian island are
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containing human remains has been found to contain carved deer bones and depictions of deer that may be as much as 40,000 years old. Petroglyphs of deer or reindeer found at
Sokchang-ri may also date to the Upper Paleolithic. Potsherds in a style reminiscent of early Japanese work have been found at
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M. Aubert et al. (2014): "two figurative animal depictions from seven cave sites in the Maros karsts of
Sulawesi, we show that rock art traditions on this Indonesian island are at least compatible in age with the oldest European art. Among the implications, it can now be demonstrated that humans
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Oktaviana, Adhi Agus; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Hakim, Budianto; Burhan, Basran; Sardi, Ratno; Adhityatama, Shinatria; Hamrullah; Sumantri, Iwan; Tang, M.; Lebe, Rustan; Ilyas, Imran; Abbas, Abdullah; Jusdi, Andi; Mahardian, Dewangga Eka; Noerwidi, Sofwan (2024-07-03).
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found throughout
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Mediterranean species have been found at
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D. L. Hoffmann; C. D. Standish; M. GarcĂa-Diez; P. B. Pettitt; J. A. Milton; J. ZilhĂŁo; J. J. Alcolea-González; P. Cantalejo-Duarte; H. Collado; R. de BalbĂn; M. Lorblanchet; J. Ramos-Muñoz; G.-Ch. Weniger; A. W. G. Pike (2018).
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on flat pieces of stones are found in considerable numbers (up to 5,000 at one
Spanish site) at sites with the appropriate geology, with the marks sometimes so shallow and faint that the technique involved is closer to
1085:"In Cave in Borneo Jungle, Scientists Find Oldest Figurative Painting in the World - A cave drawing in Borneo is at least 40,000 years old, raising intriguing questions about creativity in ancient societies"
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Vanhaeren, Marian; d'Errico, Francesco (June 2005). "Grave goods from the Saint-Germain-la-Rivière burial: Evidence for social inequality in the Upper
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movement. In 2018, the discovery of a figurative painting of an unknown animal was announced; it was over 40,000 years old, and was found in a cave on the
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Thackeray, Anne I.; Thackeray, JF; Beaumont, PB; Vogel, JC; et al. (2 October 1981). "Dated Rock
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1587:"The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights"
1526:"The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights"
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242:Some of the oldest works of art were found in the
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1860:Shaw, Ian; Jameson, Robert (2002).
1366:Maugh II, Thomas H. (14 May 2009).
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919:Harris, Garreth (2024-07-04).
499:caves in the district of Maros
270:dates to about the same time.
53:represents the oldest form of
27:Oldest form of prehistoric art
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4557:Art of the Middle Paleolithic
4087:British megalith architecture
2056:
1990:
1981:
1929:Handbook of Rock Art Research
1913:
1902:Unesco World Heritage nr. 306
1898:Zimbabwe (africanrockart.org)
1264:The ice age: past and present
1167:Feehly, Conor (6 July 2021).
1026:Annual Review of Anthropology
87:art of the Middle Paleolithic
32:Art of the Middle Paleolithic
5078:Art of the Upper Paleolithic
4552:Art of the Upper Paleolithic
4092:Nordic megalith architecture
2191:Human Timeline (Interactive)
2152:. The British Museum Press.
1277:"Antiquity – Cambridge Core"
587:
483:Leang-Leang Prehistoric Site
170:European early modern humans
51:art of the Upper Paleolithic
7:
3167:Evolutionary biology Portal
2117:10.1126/science.214.4516.64
2075:
2001:Journey Through the Ice Age
1862:A Dictionary of Archaeology
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4700:British Isles and Brittany
4621:Gwion Gwion rock paintings
2078:Korea: Art and Archaeology
2057:Lavallée, Danièle (1995).
2018:
1258:The term is attributed to
1223:10.1038/s41559-021-01487-z
884:10.1038/s41586-024-07541-7
798:being the dominant color.
646:Near East and North Africa
597:Gwion Gwion rock paintings
439:the Shaman of Trois-Frères
311:rock art of the CĂ´a Valley
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1754:10.1017/S0003598X00048596
1308:10.1016/j.jaa.2005.01.001
1138:10.1038/s41586-018-0679-9
1012:Maltravieso (Extremadura)
546:Venus figurines of Mal'ta
347:found in France from the
148:
2042:. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
2019:Chase, Philip G (2005).
1658:Cohen, Claudine (2003).
855:
697:North African Mesolithic
599:found in the north-west
4932:Evolutionary musicology
4335:Oldest extant buildings
4262:Archaeological features
3781:Prepared-core technique
3018:Origin of modern humans
2080:. Thames & Hudson.
1971:. BBC. 3 December 2020.
1817:10.3406/paleo.1981.4296
1443:(13 ka) found in France
987:10.1126/science.aap7778
850:Mask of la Roche-Cotard
770:Rock paintings in the
582:Bhimbetka rock shelters
526:figurative art painting
472:
410:panthers or leopards,
4894:Unchambered long cairn
4742:Mound Builders culture
4075:Neolithic architecture
3210:Prehistoric technology
1949:. Archive organization
1356:Bahn and Vertut, 90–91
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503:Uranium–thorium dating
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4569:List of Stone Age art
3771:Microblade technology
3719:Langdale axe industry
3317:Ard / plough
3026:Recent African origin
2264:Last common ancestors
2076:Portal, Jane (2000).
1721:717 years Cal BP
1439:e.g. the Magdalenian
845:List of Stone Age art
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164:Further information:
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4976:Prehistoric medicine
4971:Prehistoric counting
4954:Prehistoric religion
4949:Paleolithic religion
4927:Behavioral modernity
4284:Causewayed enclosure
4176:Abri de la Madeleine
3300:Neolithic Revolution
3041:Behavioral modernity
3031:Multiregional origin
2811:archaic Homo sapiens
2806:Homo heidelbergensis
2751:Red Deer Cave people
1747:(335): 12–29.
1397:Pettitt, P. (2003).
748:Matobo National Park
654:Carving of a horse,
427:Lion-Human statuette
94:behavioral modernity
81:, which would imply
5015:Prehistoric warfare
3761:Magdalenian culture
3724:Levallois technique
3655:Earliest toolmaking
2678:H. neanderthalensis
2598:H. e. tautavelensis
2148:Cook, Jill (2013).
2109:1981Sci...214...64T
1610:Bahn and Vertut, 88
1215:2021NatEE...5.1273L
1130:2018Natur.564..254A
1083:(7 November 2018).
978:2018Sci...359..912H
758:, such as those of
699:, such as those at
530:Lubang Jeriji Saléh
481:Hand stencils from
380:Paleolithic hunters
307:Venus of Willendorf
256:Venus of Hohle Fels
212:musical instruments
158:Venus of Willendorf
143:last glacial period
4966:Origin of language
4959:Spiritual drug use
4869:Rectangular dolmen
4771:Dartmoor kistvaens
4584:Carved stone balls
4296:Circular enclosure
4255:Other architecture
4198:Alp pile dwellings
3786:Solutrean industry
3697:Gravettian culture
3347:Secondary products
2865:Self-domestication
2656:H. heidelbergensis
2605:H. e. yuanmouensis
2570:H. e. lantianensis
2297:Australopithecines
1835:2007-11-22 at the
1090:The New York Times
729:Sub-Saharan Africa
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3791:Striking platform
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3545:Projectile points
3437:Mortar and pestle
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2914:Stoned ape theory
2850:Endurance running
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2577:H. e. nankinensis
2533:H. tsaichangensis
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2159:978-0-7141-2333-2
2087:978-0-7141-1487-3
2068:978-0-87480-665-6
2049:978-0-8109-4363-6
2030:978-0-387-30512-7
2011:978-0-520-21306-7
1939:978-0-7425-0256-7
1871:978-0-631-23583-5
1441:Swimming Reindeer
1372:Los Angeles Times
1124:(7735): 254–257.
1058:on 5 October 2018
972:(6378): 912–915.
925:The Art Newspaper
667:Upper Paleolithic
640:Western Australia
400:woolly rhinoceros
345:Swimming Reindeer
248:Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
224:perforated batons
102:coastal migration
16:(Redirected from
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2889:Expensive tissue
2860:Sexual selection
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2254:Hominins
2249:Taxonomy
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2125:17802575
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1982:Lavallée
1914:Lavallée
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