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World's oldest cave painting of a wild pig found in Indonesia (www.bbc.co.uk)

by What a Find January 15, 2021, 7:05 pm

The life-sized picture of a wild pig found in a remote cave on the island of Sulawesi is thought to be 45,000 years old.

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World's oldest cave painting of a wild pig found in Indonesia (www.bbc.co.uk)

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