cave painting
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A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Then he looked over at the fresh Shadowman, a cave painting, marketing attempt and conversation starter for these conflicted times, and shook his head.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
All this cave painting, migrating and repainting came to an end roughly 12,000 years ago, with what has been applauded as the “Neolithic revolution”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019
In the millennia since the first wolf peed on a cave painting, they’ve hacked our neurological wiring so that even a few seconds of eye contact elevate oxytocin levels in both dog and owner.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018
“I want to leave something behind for people to remember me by. The way kings do. Or the cave painting people.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
