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51.200-Years-Old | The Oldest Narrative Cave Art Discovered

An incredible piece of art from a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been unveiled as the oldest-known narrative cave art ever discovered, dating back to at least 51,200 years ago.


The find re-writes the timeline of human artistic expression and shows us the advanced storytelling abilities of our very ancient ancestors. A brand-new scientific dating method was used, and is called 'laser ablation uranium-series imaging'.


Watch this video to learn more about this new discovery!

Matt Sibson
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