印尼史前岩画可追溯至4万年前
<p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="October">October</span> 9, <span word="Nature">Nature</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="dating">dating</span> <span word="techniques">techniques</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="determine">determine</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prehistoric">prehistoric</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="motifs">motifs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="volcanic">volcanic</span> <span word="caves">caves</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span>. <span word="Archaeologists">Archaeologists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 40,000 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="cave">cave</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="existed">existed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Southeast">Southeast</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>.10月9日，《自然》杂志刊登了一篇文章提供了新的年代判定方法，用于确定印尼苏拉威苏岛火山洞穴中史前岩石艺术作品的年代。考古学家已经确认有些艺术作品至少创建于4万年前，因此东南亚洞穴人类艺术作品存在历史与欧洲一样久远。</p><p><span word="Archaeologists">Archaeologists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="puzzled">puzzled</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="absence">absence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prehistoric">prehistoric</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="beside">beside</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Far">Far</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="by">by</span> 50,000 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="Thanks">Thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="dating">dating</span> <span word="techniques">techniques</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</span> <span word="Eurasian">Eurasian</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p>考古学家一直纠结于在欧洲之外缺乏史前岩石艺术品，特别是他们已经认可了南亚和中东存在现代人类的历史能够追溯到5万年前的实归功于新的年代判定技术，现在我们知道了在更新世期间欧亚大陆两端的人类都曾创作了岩石艺术。</p>苏拉威苏是世界上第十一大岛，座落于亚洲和澳大利亚大陆之间的海域内华莱士群岛。发现岩石艺术品的马洛斯和庞格普地区位于该岛的西南部，占地450平方公里。由古老火山熔岩冲击石灰岩形成的洞穴中，存在着雕刻成风景样式的艺术作品，展现了平原上的成群的高塔.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="caves">caves</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bases">bases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towers">towers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="occupied">occupied</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="prehistoric">prehistoric</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="migrated">migrated</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="Educational">Educational</span>, <span word="Scientific">Scientific</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cultural">Cultural</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> (<span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span>) <span word="has">has</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="caves">caves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tentative">tentative</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="heritage">heritage</span> <span word="sites">sites</span>. <span word="Final">Final</span> <span word="selection">selection</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span> <span word="List">List</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="criteria">criteria</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="demonstrate">demonstrate</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="population">population</span>.围绕着高塔的基座形成了人类足以进入的洞穴群，当时被从非洲迁徙到东方的史前人类所占据。联合国教科文组织将这一发现增补为临时性世界保护遗址。世界保护遗址最终遴选结果将基于遗址对世界人口影响的重要性进行评判。</p>
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