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Cave Painting of Pigs Might Be the Oldest Known Artwork of Animals Image: Maxime Aubert A pig painting inside an Indonesian cave has been dated to 43,900 years old, making it among the oldest if not the oldest known figurative art piece in the archaeological record. Advertisement The painting was found at the Leang Tedongnge cave site on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. The artwork appears to depict a confrontation or some sort of social interaction, between three Sulawesi warty pigs ( Sus celebensis). These short-legged pigs, with their characteristic warty faces, are still around today, and during the Pleistocene they represented an important prey animal for the early humans who lived in this part of the world. That early humans living on the island would depict these creatures on their cave walls is an indication of their cultural, social, and existential importance. ....
More than 45,500 years ago, perched on a ledge at the back of a cave on the island of Sulawesi, an artist painted what is thought to be the oldest-known depiction of real, recognisable objects in the world. ....