Irish Daily Mirror

Oldest animal painting find

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Cave art THE earliest known cave painting of an animal has been identified in Borneo.

Using scientific dating, experts gave it a minimum age of 40,000 years old.

While they are not certain what creature it represents, it is thought to be a banteng – a wild cow.

The artwork was found in the remote mountains of East Kalimantan.

Prof Francesco d’errico, of University of Bordeaux, France, said: “It’s a major archaeolog­ical discovery.”

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