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English: Claimed Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave
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New York Times Sept. 12, 2018

Image stripped of 3D elements, to retain 2D elements only per Commons guidelines, considered as non-creative reproduction of an ancient artifact (70,000 BP).
Author Henshilwood, C.S. et al.

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Possibly the "oldest known drawing by human hands", discovered in Blombos Cave in South Africa. Estimated to be 73,000 years old.

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