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Award recognises Griffiths ground-breaking research into rock art dating in Indonesia.

A team of Griffith University archaeologists has shared in the discovery of what may be the world's oldest known cave painting, dating back to at least...

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] Highlights 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 worlds oldest-known figurative artwork, a study has claimed. Researchers fro...

Jan 14, 2021 Scientists from Griffith University have discovered the world’s oldest known cave painting on a limestone wall on South Sulawesi island in Indonesia. Maxime Auberttime Dated to a remarkable 45,500 years ago, the painting is of a Sulawesi warty pig, a species hunted and depicted often in Sulawesi cave art from the Last Glacial Period. The discovery definitively knocks out Europe and establishes that the Indo-Pacific is the center of the first-known developments in artistic express...

45,500-year-old rock painting of pigs in Indonesia is the oldest-known art depicting real, recognisable objects By science reporter Belinda Smith © Provided by ABC NEWS A scene of warty pigs, discovered in an Indonesian cave in 2017, was thought to be painted by modern humans at least 45,500 years ago. (Supplied: AA Oktaviana) More than 45,500 years ago, perched on a ledge at the back of an Indonesian cave, an artist was at work. By flickering firelight, they carefully daubed...

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.

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.