Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia

Re:Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia by baybal2 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @12:16PM (#25803605)

For most of homo sapiens history we didn't even knew stone tools.

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Re:Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia by AlotOfReading on Saturday January 16, 2021 @01:02PM (#25803953)

Stone tools predate the evolution of H. sapiens. Key words to search are "Oldowan" and"Acheulean" tools.

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Re:Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia by _Microft on Saturday January 16, 2021 @01:20PM (#25804110)

Thanks a lot - knowing the appropriate key words and terms makes all the difference when looking up new things.

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Re:Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia by baybal2 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:22PM (#25806070)

I am so embarassed of my ignorance

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Re:Oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia by ndstephens on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:14PM (#25804586)

Homo habilis ("Handy man") largely gets its name b/c some of its fossils are associated with early stone tools. Homo habilis dates back to roughly 2 MYA (million years ago). Home sapiens only dates back to about 300,000 years ago.

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