World's oldest cave art found showing humans and pig - BBC
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least 51,200 years old, more than 5,000 years older than the previous oldest cave art. The discovery pushes back the time that...
A cave drawing of human figures and a pig is the world’s oldest …
WEBJul 4, 2024 · The painting, made with a red pigment, is at least 51,200 years old, according to a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature.
51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world's …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The 51,200-year-old cave art in Leang Karampuang, Sulawesi, is the oldest narrative rock art ever discovered. The artwork depicts a human-like figure interacting with a warty pig.
World’s oldest cave painting is at least 51,200 years old, …
WEBJul 4, 2024 · A cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest such artwork in the world, dating back at least 51,200 years, according to an international team of researchers who say its narrative scene also makes...
51,000-year-old cave painting may be earliest scene depicted through art
WEBJul 3, 2024 · 51,000-year-old cave painting may be earliest scene depicted through art. The artwork, an example of early storytelling, shows three humanoid figures and a pig. Sulawesi residents of that era...
Sulawesi cave painting of hunting scene is oldest-known example …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · Preserved in the clean, still atmosphere of a cave on the south-west peninsula of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the rock art has been dated as being at least 51,000 years old.
Scientists discover world’s oldest cave painting - The Independent
WEBJul 4, 2024 · Scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what they have determined is the world’s oldest-known confidently dated cave painting -...
A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World
WEBThe spectacular lions and rhinos of Chauvet Cave, in southeastern France, are commonly thought to be around 30,000 to 32,000 years old, and mammoth-ivory figurines found in Germany correspond...
Found in a cave in Indonesia, we can now show the world’s oldest ...
WEBJul 3, 2024 · Using this new dating innovation, we have found the world’s oldest figurative cave art. Dated to at least 51,200 years ago, the art depicts an interaction between humans and a pig.
World's oldest figurative painting found in Indonesian cave
WEBJul 4, 2024 · Archaeologists have found geometric art on rocks in the Blombos Caves in southern Africa dating back to between 75,000 to 100,000 years ago. But this new find shows representational art.