Archaeology@mander.xyz • 5 months ago

World's oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig

cross-posted to:
archaeology@mander.xyz

World's oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig

gaucho@mander.xyz to

Archaeology@mander.xyz • 5 months ago

1 Comments

cross-posted to:
archaeology@mander.xyz

The oldest example of cave art has been discovered on an Indonesian island and dated back 51,200 years.

You must log in or register to comment.

Chat

SorteKanin@feddit.dk
·
5 months ago
Kinda wild to think about how different their lives must have been to ours. I wonder if humans 50000 years in the future will think the same about us, assuming we survive for that long.

link
fedilink

Archaeology@mander.xyz

archaeology@mander.xyz

Create a post

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !archaeology@mander.xyz

Welcome to c/Archaeology @ Mander.xyz!

Shovelbums welcome. 🗿

Show

Notice Board

This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.

2023-06-15: We are collecting resources for the sidebar!
2023-06-13: We are looking for mods. Send a dm to @fossilesque@mander.xyz if interested!

About

Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

Rules