Traditional Owner Ian Waina inspecting a Naturalistic painting of a kangaroo, determined to be more than 12,700 years old based on the age of overlying mud wasp nests. The inset is an illustration of the painting above it. Credit: Photo: Peter Veth and the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, Illustration: Pauline Heaney

Australia’s Two-Meter-Long And Oldest Known Rock Painting Of A Kangaroo – Revealed

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Depictions of animals are a common subject for the world’s oldest dated rock art, including lions in France’s Chauvet Cave and wild bovids in Indonesia. A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting. Traditional Owner Ian Waina inspecting a […]