Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known cave art, a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia.
New Delhi: Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave art a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia.
The cave painting uncovered in South Sulawesi consists of a figurative depiction of a warty pig, a wild boar that is endemic to this Indonesian island.
The finding, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, also represents some of the earliest archaeological evidence for modern humans in the region.
“The Sulawesi warty pig painting we found in the limestone cave of Leang Tedongnge is now the earliest known representational work of art in the world, as far as we are aware,” said Professor Adam Brumm from Griffith University in Australia.
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New Delhi: Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave art a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia.
The cave painting uncovered in South Sulawesi consists of a figurative depiction of a warty pig, a wild boar that is endemic to this Indonesian island.
The finding, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, also represents some of the earliest archaeological evidence for modern humans in the region.
“The Sulawesi warty pig painting we found in the limestone cave of Leang Tedongnge is now the earliest known representational work of art in the world, as far as we are aware,” said Professor Adam Brumm from Griffith University in Australia.
Painting of a Warty Pig Dates Back to 45,500 Years! Published January 14th, 2021 - 08:49 GMT
The finding provides the earliest evidence of human settlement in the island of Sulawesi [File: Maxime Aubert/Griffith University via AFP]
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The image of the warty pig was found in a cave on the island of Sulawesi
An image of a warty pig painted onto the wall of an Indonesian cave some 45,500 years ago may be the world s oldest-known figurative artwork , a study has claimed.
Researchers from Australia and Indonesia found the painting of the native wild boar on the rear wall of the Leang Tedongnge cave in the south of the island of Sulawesi.