Samples of the painting were taken in 2017 from the Leang Karampuang cave on the island of Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia. But it was not until now that a team of Indonesian and Australian ...

Read the policy. South Sulawesi, Indonesia CNN — Even in the shadows of the Leang-Leang caves, the colors are surprisingly fresh: rich deep maroons, lightened by limestone. With its bulging ...

The team at the Leang Karampuang site used a new technique to determine the minimum age of the paintings, employing a laser to date a type of crystal called calcium carbonate that was on the ...