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44,000-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Painting Is Rewriting The History Of Art. Via NPR:
Until recently, the long-held story was that humans started painting in caves in Europe. For example, art from the Chauvet Cave in France is dated as old as 37,000 years.
But several years ago, a group of scientists started dating cave paintings in Indonesia — and found that they are thousands of years older.
“They are at least 40,000 years old, which was a very, very surprising discovery,” says Adam Brumm, an archaeologist at Australia’s Griffith University. He and his colleagues used a technique called uranium-series analysis to determine the paintings’ age. The oldest figurative painting in those analyses was a striking image of a wild cow.
These works had been known for years by locals on the island of Sulawesi — but Brumm adds that “it was assumed they couldn’t be that old.”
Texas Tech Soccer
More recognition rolls in for one of 🔝 forwards in the nation.
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— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) December 16, 2019
Madi made her mark, and now she’s named as one of the best freshmen in the country.
🔴#WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/3KLk7bNgD3
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) December 16, 2019
Lady Raider Basketball
The Lady Raiders are back in action on Tuesday at noon against Prairie View A&M for their annual Education Day game!
🔴#M2M | #WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/fIyU2Ca2y3
— Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) December 16, 2019
Texas Tech Baseball
Texas Tech Baseball No. 3 in Baseball News Preseason Poll. Via Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Texas Tech is No. 3 overall and even though I love Texas Tech, that seems really high. I’ll be interested to see how the rest of the preseason publications rank Texas Tech, but my guess is that this will be the high watermark.
▪️ Third straight year starting in the top 5
▪️ Matches the highest preseason ranking in program history
🔴#WreckEm⚫️https://t.co/NKNRQbobAj
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) December 16, 2019
Texas Tech Basketball
Back in the Top 25, But For How Long? Via the AP, Texas Tech is back in the Top 25, at #24, but given last night’s performance, that may not last real long. Perhaps a convincing win on Saturday changes that.
Shannon Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.
A big week in the Big Apple nets @Sn1per_T the Big 12’s Newcomer of the Week award!
🔴#4To1 | #WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/avQOJxnTiw
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) December 16, 2019
Texas Tech Football
Brooks Continues All-American Ways.
🔴Already written⚫️@AP_Top25 names @jordynbrooks25 as a second team All-American.#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/OXTQT5D5gg
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) December 16, 2019
Taylor Peters Looks Back.
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to create. I’m proud to be a storyteller for college athletics and these are some of my favorite shots from this season. pic.twitter.com/rswHqj6ROU
— Taylor Peters (@taylorpetersTTU) December 16, 2019
Harrell to Stay at USC. I think this is good news for all involved as the Texas Longhorns were intent on hiring USC offensive coordinator Graham Harrell when he reassigned some of the members of the offensive staff, well, via NBC Sports, Harrell signed a multi-year contract extension.