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The world’s oldest known figurative art, found at the caves of Karampuang Hill, Sulawesi, Indonesia, depicts a wild pig and three human-like figures and is 51,200 years old. (infosec.pub)
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Incredible. Assuming an average age of 20 years old for giving birth (I'm just wild guessing), that comes out to 2,560 generations ago.