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Climate Change Slowly Erasing Artworks in Indonesian Cave Dating Back to 40,000 Years Ago

Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity s Oldest Art

Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art Kiona N. Smith © Jumadil Awal Indonesia s Maros-Pangkep Karst Forest is a UNESCO Heritage Site currently under threat. The limestone caves and rock shelters of Indonesia s southern Sulawesi island hold the oldest traces of human art and storytelling, dating back more than 40,000 years. Paintings adorn the walls of at least 300 sites in the karst hills of Maros-Pangkep, with more almost certainly waiting to be rediscovered. But archaeologists say humanity s oldest art is crumbling before their very eyes. We have recorded rapid loss of hand-sized spall flakes from these ancient art panels over a single season (less than five months), said archaeologist Rustan Lebe of Makassar s culture heritage department.

Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity s Oldest Art | Architectural Digest

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