Cave art from 51,000 years ago may be 'oldest evidence' of picture stories
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"We, as humans, define ourselves as a species that tells stories, and these are the oldest evidence of us doing that," academic Maxime Aubert told Newsweek.
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Original Title: A prehistoric painting in Indonesia has been dated to at least 51,200 years ago, making it the earliest known example of “figurative” cave art in the world and perhaps the oldest known surviving example of a narrative scene