Posted on 10/09/2014 6:36:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
WASHINGTON Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago.
And it hints at an even earlier dawn of creativity in modern humans, going back to Africa, than scientists had thought.
Archaeologists calculated that a dozen stencils of hands in mulberry red and two detailed drawings of an animal described as a "pig-deer" are between 35,000 to 40,000 years old, based on levels of decay of the element uranium. That puts the art found in Sulawesi, southeast of Borneo, in the same rough time period as drawings found in Spain and a famous cave in France.
And one of the Indonesian handprints, pegged as at least 39,900 years old, is now the oldest hand stencil known to science, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
These are more than 100 Indonesian cave drawings that have been known since 1950. In 2011, scientists noticed some strange outcroppings called "cave popcorn" on the drawings. Those mineral deposits would make it possible to use the new technology of uranium decay dating to figure out how old the art is. So they tested the cave popcorn that had grown over the stencils that would give a minimum age. It was near 40,000 years.
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This undated handout photo provided by Nature Magazine shows stencils of hands in a cave in Indonesia. Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Kinez Riza, Nature Magazine)
He/She/It sure had some long fingers!...............
PinGGG!.............
Proof that aliens visited earth.
Visited?
They may still be here!.............
Maybe they had a way of faxing cave drawings back then.
These hand stencils are found on every continent, except Antarctica, and they are all very similar. That cave painter sure did get around a lot. Must be his version of “Kilroy was here.”........
these types of stories always creep me out. These guys are sooo long gone, forgotten. Who know who they were. Yet, I’m sure at the time, they had the feeling they would always be around, and their time era was the most important one ever.
Probably MS13, they’re everywhere.
Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey
from Ram
“Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey” is track #15 on the album Ram. It was written by Paul Mc Cartney.
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
We’re so sorry if we caused you any pain
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But there’s no one left at home
And I believe I’m gonna rain
We’re so sorry
But we haven’t heard a thing all day
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But if anything should happen
We’ll be sure to give a ring
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But we haven’t done a bloody thing all day
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But the kettle’s on the boil
And we’re so easily called away
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie
(Butter pie)
(The butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie)
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around
(Get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around
(Get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky
Songwriters
Paul Mc Cartney
Read more: Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Steely Dan - The Caves of Altimira
I recall when I was small
How I spent my days alone
The busy world was not for me
So I went and found my own
I would climb the garden wall
With a candle in my hand
I’d hide inside a hall of rock and sand
On the stone an ancient hand
In a faded yellow-green
Made alive a worldly wonder
Often told but never seen
Now and ever bound to labor
On the sea and in the sky
Every man and beast appeared
A friend as real as I
[Chorus]
Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall
When there wasn’t even any Hollywood
They heard the call
And they wrote it on the wall
For you and me we understood
Can it be this sad design
Could be the very same
A wooly man without a face
And a beast without a name
Nothin’ here but history
Can you see what has been done
Memory rush over me
Now I step into the sun
[Chorus]
Excellent!...............
What we do TODAY is far more important so for me, it's all a big YAWN, WHO GIVES A RAT'S...?
Ms. Wet Blanket strikes again.
Note: this topic is from 10/09/2014. Thanks Red Badger. Sorry I missed this on the first go.
They're still here.
Who do you think we are?
Well, it shoots holes in the “out of Africa” theory. Never for a minute believed all humans came from Africa, not for one single minute. Here is more proof, IMHO.
One article you agree with and you have proof positive of the origin of humanity. Lol.
Take a college course on anthropology and get some FACTS. You can even AUDIT the class...just for the benefit of learning FACTS about the origin of homo sapiens sapiens (Yes, TWO 'sapiens' there.)
“Take a college course on anthropology and get some FACTS. You can even AUDIT the class...just for the benefit of learning FACTS about the origin of homo sapiens sapiens (Yes, TWO ‘sapiens’ there.)”
I did take a college anthropology course at UIC in Chicago and got an A, so there goes your advice, Mr. Smarty Pants. There are lots of people out there who think exactly like I do, not as you obviously do. Sorry, I don’t subscribe to the politically correct theory of all peoples originating out of Africa and migrating all over the globe. You have your beliefs, I have mine. Mine are right, your’s are wrong.
Sincerely, Ms. Smarty Pants.
Lol.
Just curious, is the "47" in your call sign your I.Q.? Just asking.
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I am FEMALE.
So much for YOUR assumptions, Ms. NOT-SO-SMARTy Pants: Wrong again.
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