A 42,000 year old stone with a face is the oldest known example of symbolic work by a Neanderthal.
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Some 17,000 years ago, Aboriginal artists often depicted kangaroos, fish, birds, reptiles, echidnas and plants — especially yams.
The painting of pigs at least 45,500 years ago on a cave wall in Sulawesi may be the earliest figurative rock art ever found.
The cave paintings in Borneo show people and animals and are now thought to be the world’s oldest example of figurative art.
Figurative art may derive from Neanderthal hand prints and the hunter’s keen eye for perceiving animals.
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