Rock Art

gwebarchaeology:

SAM-AA 8938, from Middle Stone Age site, in situ in layer CD, surrounded by small hearths.

“Engravings” on a piece of ochre, from Blombos Cave South Africa, approximately 77,000 years old.

Is this the oldest artwork in the world?

[from Henshilwood, C. S., et al. (2002). Emergence of modern human behavior: Middle Stone Age engravings from South Africa. Science, 295(5558), 1278-80.]