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

As the authors state in their conclusion, the cave painting they studied predates even "masterpieces" like "the cave of Chauvet-Pont d'Arc" or "those recently discovered in the Sulawesi caves."

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

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

Whether new waves of people migrating from Africa brought the skills of figurative cave painting with them, or whether these arts emerged later, remains unclear.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 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