Spasi-id.com. Scientists announced the discovery of cave paintings is over 51,200 years old in the Galampurang Pass, South Sulawesi. It describes three people circling a large red pig and is considered the oldest works of art in the world.
- This painting was found by a research team of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Griffith University of Australia.
- This painting describes humans, anoa, and pigs.
- This painting is the first class art in Indonesia that is over 50,000 years old.
- This painting is 5,000 years older than the previous cave painting that was also in South Sulawesi.
- This painting is older than the famous cave art in Europe, like Lascaux in France.
- This discovery changed the idea of human evolution and showed that humans in those days had abstract thinking abilities.
- This study was published in Nature's journal by Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago.
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In addition to Lean Carampuang, there are several other caves in South Sulawesi which also have cave paintings, among them:
- Maros Cave, which has paintings of rocks around 40,000 years old.
- Lean Bettue, which has a 30,000-year-old human pendant.
- Lean Pannene, which is an archaeological site of prehistoric limestone caves
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