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Rock analysis suggests France cave art is 'oldest'
Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are. A frieze of horses and rhinos near the Chauvet cave’s Megaloceros Gallery [Credit: © Jean Clottes] The smooth curves and fine details in the paintings of bears, rhinoceroses and horses in the Chauvet cave in southern France's picturesque Ardeche region are so advanced that some scholars thought they dated from 12,000 to 17,000 years ago.
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Archaeologist finds oldest rock art in Australia An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an Outback cave. The dating... Read Post
Archaeology: Central Europe’s Oldest Cave Drawings Found in Romania
A group of Romanian speleologists recently discovered in a cave in north-western Romania a series of drawings from the Palaeolithic Period, thought to be the oldest of their kind in Central Europe. The cave drawings were found in th... Read Post
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Engravings of Female Genitalia May Be World’s Oldest Cave Art Since their discovery in 1994, the spectacular paintings of lions, rhinos, and other animals in southern France’s Chauvet Cave have stood out as the oldest known cave art... Read Post