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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - cave paintings]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The oldest rock art was painted in Indonesia 67,000 years ago]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/12a9c701-7e7b-418b-8519-dac19611be6c_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x751y23.jpg" /></p><p>The oldest known story told in images was drawn in a cave on the island of Sulawesi (Celebes, in the local language), in Indonesia, and dates back at least 67,800 years. It is a stencil of a hand, surrounded by other figures painted later, making it 15,000 years older than any other known story. <a href="https://es.ara.cat/cultura/hallazgos-arqueologicos-importantes-ano_130_5231346.html" target="_blank">the previous archaeological find found in the same cave in Indonesia</a>As reported by the Efe news agency, the magazine <em>Nature</em> This Wednesday, the description of these cave paintings was published, reinforcing the theory that the first humans migrated to Sahul (a supercontinent that in the Pleistocene encompassed what is now mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and several adjacent islands) via a route.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:26:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The journal 'Nature' publishes the research of Australian universities that have been working for years in the caves of Sulawesi]]></subtitle>
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