The Indonesian Island of Sulawesi Is an Evolutionary Puzzle
May 18, 2021 · Sprawled across three different continental plates and contorted like an odd starfish, Indonesia’s Sulawesi island is home to a bewildering range of creatures — including more than 100 mammals found nowhere else on Earth.
World's oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig - BBC
The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures...
Oldest cave art found in Sulawesi | Science Advances - AAAS
Jan 13, 2021 · Sulawesi has a long history of human occupation. The earliest archaeological evidence is from Talepu, a Middle Pleistocene site in the south of the island (1). The Talepu findings comprise in situ stone artifacts associated with fossils of extinct terrestrial megafauna (1).
EARLY HUMANS IN SULAWESI, INDONESIA AND THEIR ... - Facts …
Archaic humans arrived on Sulawesi — an island in Indonesia just east of Borneo — at least 118,000 years ago, 60,000 years older than previously thought, based on the 2015 discovery of deposit of stone tools and extinct animal bones.
Oldest cave art found in Sulawesi - PMC
Sulawesi has a long history of human occupation. The earliest archaeological evidence is from Talepu, a Middle Pleistocene site in the south of the island (1). The Talepu findings comprise in situ stone artifacts associated with fossils of extinct terrestrial megafauna (1).
Earliest Narrative Cave Art Older Than Once Thought: Sulawesi
Jul 3, 2024 · The super-early art found to date is in a 450-square-kilometer lowland with karst outcrops in the Sulawesi peninsula of Maros-Pangkep. There could be more, Brumm adds, pointing out that it's the 11th biggest island in the world.
Sulawesi art: Animal painting found in cave is 44,000 years old - BBC
Last year, scientists said they found "humanity's oldest drawing" on a fragment of rock in South Africa, dated at 73,000 years old. What do the drawings show? The drawings were found in a cave...
Smarthistory – Warty pig cave painting in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Warty pig (Sus celebensis), c. 43,900 B.C.E., painted with ocher (clay pigment), Maros-Pangkep caves, Leang Bulu’ Sipong 4, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. A team of Griffith University archaeologists has shared in the discovery of what may be the world’s oldest known cave painting, dating back to at least 45,500 years ago.
Indonesia's oldest cave paintings found in S Sulawesi
Jul 4, 2024 · A scan of Indonesia's earliest cave painting found by researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Australia's Griffith University and Southern Cross University in Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi.
Pleistocene cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia | Nature
Oct 8, 2014 · Cave art from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, consisting of human hand stencils and animal paintings, is at least 40,000 years old, raising the question of why rock art traditions appeared...