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

Across two squares Bartlett placed a figure, stylized like in a cave painting, feet over head.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 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

Like going inside and becoming a cave painting.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen