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Indonesian Cave Art May Be World's Oldest
sciencehabit writes The world's oldest cave art may not lie in Europe but rather halfway around the globe in Indonesia, according to a new study. The images date to around 40,000 years ago, making them a similar age to cave paintings from Western Europe that represent the world's oldest known cave art. The findings suggest that humans were producing figurative art by around 40,000 years ago at opposite ends of the Pleistocene Eurasian world. Further research is needed to investigate whether rock art was an integral part of the cultural repertoire of the first modern human populations to reach Southeast Asia from Africa, or whether these practices developed independently in different regions.
6000 years ago, right?
Aew we sure that it was art by Homo Sapiens?
Wasn't there an island in Indonesia that had Hobbits?
Fuck yeah, headbangers!
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
The Shocking part isn't the age of the art, but that images depicting an impending climate change and extinction of large mammals was consistently modded down. The downward pointing thumbs on the hand prints were quite clear.