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In Australia, cave paintings have been found on the Arnhem Land plateau showing megafauna which are thought to have been extinct for over 40,000 years, making this site another candidate for oldest known painting; however, the proposed age is dependent on the estimate of the extinction of the species seemingly depicted. [25]
The previous record holder, also a painting of a wild pig depicting a narrative scene, was created at least 45,500 years ago and was found in a cave called Leang Tedongnge.
In 2018, the discovery of a figurative painting of an unknown animal was announced; it was over 40,000 years old, and was found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Borneo. [7] [8] In July 2021, scientists reported the discovery of a bone carving, one of the world's oldest works of art, made by Neanderthals about 51,000 years ago.
Cave paintings [ edit ] On July 3, 2024, the journal Nature published research findings indicating that the cave paintings , which depict anthropomorphic figures interacting with a pig and measure 36 by 15 inches, in Leang Karampuang are approximately 51,200 years old, establishing them as the oldest known paintings in the world.
Until now, the oldest-known cave painting was one at Leang Tedongnge cave, also in Sulawesi, from at least 45,500 years ago. The Leang Karampuang painting, the researchers said, predates the cave ...
The 895 paintings were found by Argentine and Chilean archaeologists in the Huenul 1 cave, a 630 square meter rock shelter located in the province of Neuquen, some 1,100 kilometers (684 miles ...
The site is composed of the cave itself, which is about 20 m (66 ft) deep, two outcroppings, and the walls at either side of the entrance. [47] The entrance faces northeast and is about 15 m (50 ft) in height by 15 m (50 ft) wide. [47] The paintings on the cave's wall span about 60 m × 200 m (200 ft × 650 ft). [47]
The oldest known cave paintings are more than 44,000–50,000 years old, found in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). The oldest type of cave paintings are hand stencils and simple geometric shapes; the oldest undisputed examples of figurative cave paintings are somewhat younger, close to 35,000 years old. [11]