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February 21, 2021

This 17,500-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley is Australia’s oldest Aboriginal rock painting

Damien Finch, The University of Melbourne; Andrew Gleadow, The University of Melbourne; Janet Hergt, The University of Melbourne, and Sven Ouzman, The University of Western Australia

Some 17,000 years ago, Aboriginal artists often depicted kangaroos, fish, birds, reptiles, echidnas and plants — especially yams.

January 13, 2021

Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Adhi Oktaviana, Griffith University; Basran Burhan, Griffith University, and Maxime Aubert, Griffith University

The painting of pigs at least 45,500 years ago on a cave wall in Sulawesi may be the earliest figurative rock art ever found.

November 7, 2018

Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Maxime Aubert, Griffith University, and Pindi Setiawan, Institut Teknologi Bandung

The cave paintings in Borneo show people and animals and are now thought to be the world’s oldest example of figurative art.

May 4, 2018

Derek Hodgson, University of York and Paul Pettitt, Durham University

Figurative art may derive from Neanderthal hand prints and the hunter’s keen eye for perceiving animals.

Maxime Aubert
Professor, Griffith University
Adam Brumm
Professor, Griffith University
Derek Hodgson
Research Associate, University of York
Paul Pettitt
Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Pindi Setiawan
Assistant Professor, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Sven Ouzman
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
Adhi Oktaviana
PhD Candidate, Griffith University
Basran Burhan
PhD candidate, Griffith University
Damien Finch
Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
Andrew Gleadow
Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
Janet Hergt
Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne