How many years old is the oldest known cave painting?
History hard Data from 2021
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45,500 years
Roughly 45.5K.
A painting of a wild pig on Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been dated to at least 45,500 years ago — the oldest known figurative art. It predates the famous Lascaux caves by more than 25,000 years, and it was made by people whose tools we would call primitive.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Brumm et al., Science Advances |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2021 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | years |
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