云南省文物考古研究所副研究馆员吴沄近期在接受采访时表示，史前岩画是破译人类文明起源的重要密钥。据铀系测年结果，云南耿马芒关岩画遗址将中国西南地区史前定居人群岩画的历史推前至距今约4220年1。吴沄强调，"艺术行为是现代人区别于古老型智人的主要特征之一"1，而中国有绝对年代数据的最早岩画可追溯至1.3万年前的金沙江岩画，这"首次打破了长期主导学界的'艺术起源欧洲中心论'"1。相比之下，南非布隆博斯洞穴硅质砾岩上的网状抽象图形可追溯到7万多年前1。
东西方岩画虽在艺术萌芽期展现惊人共性，但差异更为明显，预示了不同文明的走向1。澜沧江-湄公河流域的岩画则印证了东亚与东南亚的广泛人群互动与文化扩散。距今约4500至2000年的新石器时代晚期到青铜时代早期，东南亚大陆和东亚存在广泛的人群互动1。沿藏彝走廊扩散农业文明的时间跨度约2000年，从距今5300年至距今3400年，与沧源岩画繁荣时期相吻合1。沧源岩画、泰国帕泰姆·孔占岩画与老挝帕泰姆岩画均出现倒三角形人物、被驯养的牛、船、建筑、狩猎、手印等相似生活场景1，反映了这一地区古代人群之间的深刻联系。中国云南与东南亚的跨境民族有16个，其中沧源地区有佤、傣、拉祜3个民族1。
Wu Yuan, an associate curator at the Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, has shed light on how prehistoric rock art preserves the narrative of human civilization's emergence.1 Recent uranium-series dating of the Gengma Mangguan rock art site in Yunnan has pushed back the history of prehistoric settled populations' rock art in China's southwestern region to approximately 4,220 years ago.1
The discovery underscores a significant shift in archaeological understanding. Wu Yuan notes that while Eastern and Western rock art displayed remarkable commonalities during their artistic infancy, their differences were more pronounced, foreshadowing divergent civilizations' trajectories.1 The oldest rock art in China with absolute dating evidence dates back to approximately 13,000 years ago in the Jinsha River region, while abstract geometric patterns on siliceous gravel at Blombos Cave in South Africa trace back over 70,000 years.1 Wu Yuan emphasizes that "artistic behavior is one of the principal characteristics distinguishing modern humans from ancient hominins," and notes that "the discovery of Jinsha River rock art for the first time broke the long-dominant 'Eurocentrism' in art origins theory within academic circles."1
Rock art across the Lancang-Mekong region documents extensive population interactions and cultural diffusion between East Asia and Southeast Asia. During the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period, approximately 4,500 to 2,000 years ago, widespread human exchange occurred across Southeast Asian mainland and East Asia.1 Agricultural civilization spread along the Zang-Yi Corridor over a span of about 2,000 years, from approximately 5,300 years ago to 3,400 years ago, coinciding with the flourishing period of Cangyuan rock art.1 The rock art sites of Cangyuan, Phatat Khong in Thailand, and Phatat in Laos display strikingly similar life scenes, including inverted-triangle human figures, domesticated cattle, boats, buildings, hunting activities, and handprints.1 The Cangyuan region is home to three ethnic groups—the Va, Dai, and Lahu—among 16 cross-border ethnic groups shared between Yunnan and Southeast Asia.1
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