Friday 5 December 2014

Art Began Among Ancestors of Modern Humans About 540,000 Years Ago

World's oldest abstract art work was carved by the ancient ancestor of modern humans, on a mollusk shell with a shark tooth around 540,000 years ago, researchers revealed. The ZigZag design, the oldest piece of art ever found by at least 300,000 years, as well as a shell tool were found at a site in what is now Java, Indonesia, Discovery News reported. The work strongly suggests that Homo erectus, aka "Upright Man," was far more sophisticated ...

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