30,000-year-old Ice Age civilisation discovered in Indonesia

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30,000-year-old Ice Age civilisation discovered in Indonesia
By The Conversation | 4th April 2017

A CAVE dig in Indonesia has unearthed a unique collection of prehistoric ornaments and artworks that date back, in some instances, to at least 30,000 years ago. The site is thought to have been used by some of the world’s earliest cave artists.

Published today, our findings challenge the long-held view that hunter-gatherer communities in the Pleistocene (“Ice Age”) of Southeast Asia were culturally impoverished.

They also imply the spiritual lives of humans transformed as they encountered previously unknown species on the journey from Asia to Australia.

Read more at https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/04/30000-year-old-ice-age-civilisation-discovered-indonesia/#fs55VcOhiyjXYcoo.99