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Indonesia's Gua Ham cave, part of a Borneo mountainside complex, contains these and other hand stencils dating back some 10,000 years.
Originally posted by berenike
reply to post by scott,aussie
This National Geographic article has more news about the handprints found in Borneo:
news.nationalgeographic.com...
Picture taken from article:
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Indonesia's Gua Ham cave, part of a Borneo mountainside complex, contains these and other hand stencils dating back some 10,000 years.
If you scroll through the 5 pictures in the article you can see handprints made in caves in other parts of the world, too. It's fascinating to know that people in so many different, and far flung, locations left their mark in the same way.
edit on 10-9-2010 by berenike because: Edited to add picture and text
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