Among the rambling herd painted onto the rocks of Namibia's Erongo mountains, some creatures are easy to spot - the long necks of giraffes, the spikes of antelopes' horns. Other animals have faded beyond recognition. Local guide Johannes Ikun Nani had only seen his ancestors' rock art in books, until a job took him to the country's central region, where the ancient rock paintings and engravings have become a growing tourist attraction over the years. Nani counts himself lucky to have witnessed his heritage firsthand - especially because archaeologists say climate change may be accelerating its disappearance. Johannes Ikun Nani stands in front of a boulder displaying ancient San rock at the Omandumba farm in the central region of Namibia, September 30, 2022. Thomson Reuters Founda...
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Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known cave art -- a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The cave painting uncovered in South Sulawesi consists of a figurative depiction of a warty pig, a wild boar that is endemic to this Indonesian island. Stitched panorama view of rock art panel after enhancing with the Decorrelation Stretch (DStretch) computer program. Photo credits: A. A. Oktaviana, ARKENAS/Griffith University The finding, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, also represents some of the earliest archaeological evidence for modern humans in the region. "The Sulawesi warty pig painting we found in the limestone cave of Leang Tedongnge is now the earliest known representational work of a...
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