Die älteste bekannte Felskunst der Welt wurde in Indonesien entdeckt und ist 67.800 Jahre alt.

67,800 years… that is almost 34x the period of modern history, beginning at 0 BCE. thirty-fragging-four times. And still not more than a millisecond of the life of the universe.

Luck and quirk of nature preserved this art for eventual discovery.

This is what I found.. These are more than just hand stencil art..

>The most striking feature of this ancient stencil is that the fingers appear to have been deliberately modified or „retouched“ to look like narrow, animal-like claws. This suggests that the artists weren’t just leaving a mark, but were engaging in „otherworldly“ or ritualistic storytelling.

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>these early humans had to cross deep-sea channels even during the Ice Age when sea levels were significantly lower. This implies they likely possessed relatively sophisticated watercraft and seafaring skills.

>Some archaeologists believe that when populations are small and spread out, they use cave art as „signposts“ to communicate with other groups they might only encounter once a year.

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>A single cave might have been a „cathedral“ visited by multiple small bands over centuries, making the population look larger than it actually was at any single moment.

>For the famous hand stencils, the artists likely used a „spitting“ or blowing technique, where they placed their hand against the wall and sprayed the liquid pigment over it using their mouths..

Most amazingly, one of the archaeologists working on this site has a brother who created Bluey.