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Wildfires threaten Indonesia's 51,200-year-old cave art

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 23 October 2026, 10:38 UTC ·10 sec listen

Researchers in Australia dated a cave painting in South Sulawesi to at least 51,200 years old. It shows human-like figures interacting with a pig and is among the world's oldest known artworks. Wildfires now threaten this ancient art.

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