Datação com urânio de estênceis de mãos encontrados em parede de caverna indica que um deles foi feito há 67,8 mil anos atrás e é mais de 30 mil anos mais antigo que as mais antigas artes rupestres já encontradas em cavernas na Europa. Supplied

Arte rupestre mais antiga da Humanidade descoberta na Ilha de Sulawesi, na Indonésia

Pessoas já criavam arte rupestre na Indonésia há 67.800 anos, antes mesmo de os humanos modernos chegarem à Austrália.
Cave art site of Leang Karampuang in the Maros-Pangkep karst area of South Sulawesi. A rock art panel on the ceiling depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig dates to at least 51,200 years ago. David P. McGahan

Found in a cave in Indonesia, we can now show the world’s oldest figurative art is 51,200 years old

Figurative art presents lifelike representations of subjects. Using a new laser technique, we’ve dated figurative rock art painted 51,200 years ago.
Tim Maloney

World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000‑year‑old grave in Borneo

An astonishing discovery from the oldest known grave in Southeast Asia has revised medical history – the previous known amputation surgery was just 7,000 years ago.
Stone arrowheads (Maros points) and other flaked stone implements from the Toalean culture of South Sulawesi. Shahna Britton/Andrew Thomson

Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture

The first ancient human DNA from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi — and the wider Wallacea islands group — sheds light on the early human history of the region.
Lukisan babi kutil ini berusia lebih dari 45.500 tahun. Basran Burhan/Griffith University

Bagaimana perubahan iklim menghapus seni cadas tertua di dunia

Lukisan gua kuno baru mulai memberi tahu kita tentang kehidupan manusia purba di Australasia. Seni ini menghilang saat kita baru mencoba memahami maknanya.
This Warty Pig is part of a panel dated to more than 45,500 years in age. Basran Burhan/Griffith University

How climate change is erasing the world’s oldest rock art

The ancient cave paintings have only begun to tell us about the lives of the earliest people who lived in Australasia. The art is disappearing just as we are beginning to understand its significance.
Adegan berburu ini, dilukis 44.000 tahun yang lalu, adalah karya tertua seni representasional di dunia. Ratno Sardi, Author provided

Lukisan gua Sulawesi menunjukkan awal mula seni imajinatif dan kepercayaan spiritual manusia

Pada 44.000 tahun, gambar dari Leang Bulu’ Sipong 4 di Maros-Pangkep, Sulawesi Selatan mendahului “Manusia singa” di Jerman yang diklaim berusia 40 ribu tahun.
This hunting scene, painted 44,000 years ago, is the oldest known work of representational art in the world. Ratno Sardi

Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief

A recent cave art discovery in remote Indonesia is changing our understanding of the beginnings of art and the emergence of religious-like thinking in the early human story.

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