15,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery in Ireland Could Push Back Earliest Evidence of Humans on the Island by 5,000 Years

15,000-Year-Old Cave Art in Ireland Could Push Back Human Arrival on the Island by Thousands of Years

Ancient Irish cave art may reveal a lost Ice Age route from Wales.

An algorithm-guided survey of eight caves in southwest Ireland found art dated to about 15,000 years ago, pushing known human presence on the island roughly 5,000 years earlier than previously thought

Artificial intelligence led archaeologists to caves in Ireland where they discovered art suggesting humans arrived thousands of years before anyone thought possible.

15,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery in Ireland Could Push Back Earliest Evidence of Humans on the Island by 5,000 Years

New archaeological discoveries in Ireland could push back the earliest human presence on the island by as much as 5,000 years.

Ancient cave art in Ireland points to first humans coming from Wales 15,000 years ago

Researchers revealed humans crossed a land bridge from Wales to Ireland 15,000 years ago, as cave art discoveries pushed back earliest presence by 5,000 years.