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Warpy

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Wed Jul 3, 2024, 02:30 PM Jul 2024

Cave Painting of a Pig Hunt Could Be The Oldest Story Ever Recorded

Many millennia ago, in what is now the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, humans ground up some pigment and daubed pigs and people on the walls of a cave.

Using cutting edge techniques, scientists have now determined that these ancient depictions could include the oldest known figurative, and narrative, examples of art in the world. They date back to at least 51,200 years ago – older than previous record-holders by thousands of years.



https://www.sciencealert.com/cave-painting-of-a-pig-hunt-could-be-the-oldest-story-ever-recorded

Damn, that is one big pig. No wonder the artist memorialized that hunt in paint.

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