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Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 12:33 IST
The painting of the Sulawesi warty pig measures 53 by 21 inches. It was painted using a dark red ochre pigment. Earliest known cave art by humans found in Indonesia | Photo Credit: AFP
A painting of a life-sized pig found in Indonesia has been dated to nearly 45,000-years-old, making it the oldest cave art known to man.
The discovery was made by archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia. who described their findings in the journal Science Advances. According to the study, the art shows a Sulawesi warty pig.
“The world’s oldest surviving representational image of an animal,” the researchers claimed in their paper.
Over 45,000 years old: World s oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia
The painting was found on the island of Sulawesi in 2017 by doctoral student Basran Burhan, as part of surveys the team was carrying out with Indonesian authorities.
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A dated pig painting at Leang Tedongnge in Sulawesi touted to be the world s oldest. (Photo| AFP) By Associated Press
WASHINGTON: Archaeologists have discovered the world s oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The finding described in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday provides the earliest evidence of human settlement of the region.
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