An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia.

Archaeologists have just uncovered the world's oldest artwork in Indonesia.Researchers have found that handprints stencilled ...

Hand stencils in Muna Island caves, Indonesia, may be 67,800 years old, making them the world’s oldest cave paintings and highlighting early human creativity.

The work suggests early Homo sapiens developed enduring artistic practices as they moved through the islands of Southeast ...

The stencil, which had remained largely unnoticed amidst more recent paintings of animals and figures, is now the oldest artwork ever discovered. In fact, it is so old that it offers a rare glimpse ...

Indonesian cave art, a red hand stencil, is the oldest rock art discovered, dating back at least 67,800 years ("very precise" ...

The oldest known rock art, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave, dates back at least 67,800 years. This discovery hints at ...

Culture Minister Fadli Zon highlights that 67,800-year-old rock paintings in Sulawesi prove Indonesia is among the oldest civilizations in the world.

The fingers of one of the hands were "retouched to become pointed like claws," the study's co-author said.

Indonesia and the surrounding region is known for some of the world’s most ancient archaeological finds.

The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling ...