Shell Art Approx 500,000 Years Old
Image: Wim Lustenhouwer / Stephen Munro Oldest Abstract Artwork Ever Found A shell discovered in the 1890s in Trinil, Indonesia by Dutch geologist Eugene Dubois, is the oldest piece of abstract artwork ever found. Meticulous dating of the shell by geologists shows that it would have been made by the species Homo erectus, who existed […]