Scientists Just Found the Creepiest Cave Art Ever

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Scientists have uncovered one of the oldest and eeriest cave paintings ever found—a hand stencil pressed onto stone nearly 68,000 years ago. Discovered in Sulawesi, the haunting image was left in Liang Metanduno cave by humans who lived tens of thousands of years before recorded history. Dating shows it is at least 67,800 years old, making it one of the oldest known examples of human symbolic art. That means someone stood in that cave, placed a hand on the wall, and left a mark that survived almost 68 millennia. Watch now to see the eerie handprint that still connects us to one of humanity’s oldest voices. Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Roger-bacon-statue: By Michael Reeve, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131754 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Indigenous Australia Rock Art: By gabecollett, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62679595 Mural rupestre en Caborca: By Tacicuri, https://comm

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