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Keira Jenkins

Rock art sheds light on migration of early Australians

Scientists have found the oldest known rock art in the world in a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

An ancient hand stencil on the walls of an Indonesian cave has sharpened scientists' understanding of how and when humans first arrived in Australia. 

Preserved in limestone caves in southeastern Sulawesi on the satellite island of Muna, the fragmentary hand stencil has become the oldest known rock art in the world. 

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