Study: Asian cave drawings as old as European ones

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have calculated that ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, showing that our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago.

And this hints at an even earlier dawn of creativity in modern humans going back to Africa.

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