15,000-Year-Old Cave Art in Ireland Could Push Back Human Arrival on the Island by Thousands of Years
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“Newly identified cave art in Ireland suggests humans may have arrived on the island thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The findings indicate a potential lost migration route from Wales during the Ice Age.”
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