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Oldest-known rock art in Australia is 17,300-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley, wasp nests show Posted MonMonday 22 updated MonMonday 22 FebFebruary 2021 at 8:56pm Traditional owner Ian Waina inspecting a painting of a kangaroo that is at least 12,300 years old, based on the age of wasp nests over the paint. ( Share Print text only Cancel As far as Australian icons go, it's hard to look past the kangaroo. Now it turns out the quintessential macropod is also the subject of Australia's oldest-known rock painting. Key points: For the first time, traditional owners and researchers dated rock pa...

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 'world's oldest-known figurative artwork', a study has claimed. Researchers from Australia and Indonesia found the painting of the native wild boar on the rear wall of the Le...

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 three Sulawesi warty pigs — one more than a metre long — on the limestone wall using dark red p...

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.