"A group of cave paintings in East Kalimantan, in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, depicting a group of local cattle, has been dated to at least 40,000 years ago by researchers who believe the paintings are the oldest figurative art in the world. The limestone caves’ ancient images include painted outlines of human hands, a human figure, and what appear to be renderings of wild cattle, including an animal similar to the banteng, a large bovine mammal still found in the region."
- https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-worlds-oldest-figurative-art-discovered-caves-borneo
Original article in Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0679-9.epdf?referrer_access_token=imx2MRpXd-FdfjkfAHtZc9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M0jjIe4uuvYR-SGD4FhS_f73hI8aK38xmP-Lp16R5XlsFpzBVgrrgtPtus3QpzEJg2_TfpnR6VWkbjp69TdqOUcsq3wJn8zNRJOwjx_XkU83YWewRN4WXRHa-JNHRrVmr2ckx00AuKFZ8dDZEDGqXFYcYkjfTOqgDgMTIrVmiiwoS3YJJpYEdSu5zMpHLwnaChK-4OjmKW7o4Bj0ZJZ7_Z19pITOHcsWJIPKFKMmmlhw%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=qz.com
