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The team dated 27 mud wasp nests around 16 different paintings from eight rock shelters
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A montage of photographs of the 17,300-year-old kangaroo rock painting (left) and an illustration of the artwork (right). Credit: Damien Finch et al
The team dated 27 mud wasp nests around 16 different paintings from eight rock shelters A kangaroo painting created over 17,000 years ago by Aboriginal artists has been identified with a little help from some ancient wasps as Australia s oldest intact rock art.
The two-metre-long (six-feet) artwork on the sloped ceiling of a rock shelter in Western Australia s Kimberley region was painted in an early naturalistic style, which often features life-sized renderings of animals, according to research published Monday.
The oldest rock painting so far discovered in Australia dates back more than 17,000 years and was of a life-size kangaroo. Found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the two-meter-long painting was found on the sloping ceiling of an ancient rock shelter. A team of experts from the University of Melbourne were able to. Read more »