The site is somewhat of a hot spot for significant cave painting discoveries. Previous finds on Sulawesi in recent years were dated to between 40,000 and 44,000 years old, which was then the ...

The world’s oldest cave art has been uncovered in the Indonesian Islands of Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists, showing an incredible 51,200-year-old painting of a wild pig and ...

New evidence suggests cave art on the island of Sulawesi, believed to be the world’s oldest, dates to an astonishing 51,200 years ago.

Aubert was involved in the last record holder from 2019, which showed a hunting scene estimated to be nearly 44,000 years-old ... gap" in human art until the Indonesian cave paintings 50,000 ...

The painting location is in Indonesia, on the Island of Sulawesi there is a cave where this painting is done on the cave's ceiling made of limestone. Khushi Thakur July 05, 2024 / 15:39 IST ...

51,200-year-old cave painting in Sulawesi ... We know that humans have used figurative art to tell stories for at least 51,000 years. Our new dating method may help fill in the knowledge gaps ...

THE OLDEST evidence of storytelling cave art has been discovered dating back more than 51,000 years ... scene estimated to be nearly 44,000 years-old. "It's probably just a matter of time before ...