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Climate crisis is damaging the world s oldest cave art
CNN
3 hrs ago
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The stencilled handprints were made almost 40,000 years ago.
The handprints on the ceiling of an Indonesian cave are among the earliest known to archaeologists and date back 39,000 years.
Stenciled with red pigments, the drawings make the ancient humans who placed their palms on the cool cave so long ago feel tantalizingly close.
In a cave nearby is the oldest known depiction of an animal an endearing warty pig.
The art in the limestone caves in this region of southern Sulawesi are the earliest known examples of artistic creativity on the planet older than much of the prehistoric cave art in Europe and they are being damaged by the impact of the climate crisis in the tropical region, a new study published Thursday warns. ....

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