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.