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What was the earliest example of human art?
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In a 2021 article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America journal, the oldest known cave painting is about 45,500 years old and was discovered in the Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. It depicts a pig.
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What was the earliest example of human art?
- 17,000-year-old cave paintings of various animals in Lascaux, France
- 45,500-year-old cave painting of an animal in Indonesia
- 52,000-year-old sculpture of an unknown figure in Russia
- 5,100-year-old hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt
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