Space Daily September 07, 2026 • 03:24

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 - Space Daily

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 - Space Daily

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

A computer model trained on the characteristics of cave-dwelling and rock-art sites in south Wales pointed archaeologists across the Irish Sea to 28 candidate caves in southwest Ireland and in eight … [+6205 chars]

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