‘Warty pig,” Leang Tedongnge site, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia,
The world's oldest known figurative artwork has been discovered in a cave in Indonesia -- an endearing image of a warty pig.
Archaeologists working on the site said the cave art was at least 45,500 years old. It is also thought to be the oldest surviving image of an animal.
Painted using red ocher pigment, the animal appears to be observing a fight or social interaction between two other warty pigs.
The pig painted on the ceiling of the cave measures 187 centimeters (6 feet) in length and 110 centimeters (3.6 feet) in height and is a red or mulberry color -- the prehistoric artists used iron-rich rock as a pigment and could have used two colors.
Images Credit: Basran Burhan / Maxime Aubert
