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One of the oldest known cave paintings has been found in Indonesia

Pig art on the island of Sulawesi dates to at least 45,500 years ago

Indonesian cave

An Indonesian cave painting of a warty pig, sporting a pair of large bumps on its neck, ranks among the oldest known artistic portrayals of an actual object or living thing, researchers say.

M. Aubert

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have found one of the oldest known artistic depictions of a real-world object or organism.