Old Stone AgeCulture & Arts Oldest known figurative art c. 51,000 years agoNotable A cave painting in Sulawesi, Indonesia, shows humans and a pig. It is the oldest known picture that tells a scene. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Pigments and symbols → Oldest known figurative art Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookDavid Lewis-WilliamsThe Mind in the Cave ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeSulawesi oldest cave art ↗Editor's pick