And scientists say this tiny sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing by humans. But the drawing shows early humans in southern Africa could produce designs on various surfaces with different techniques. The collection of crisscrossed lines was found in the Blombos Cave about 300 kilometres east of Cape Town. Researchers work inside the Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South Africa, where the drawing was found, along with other artifacts bearing similar designs. An abstract pattern has been engraved on this piece of ocher found at Blombos Cave in the same archaeological stratum that yielded the silcrete flake.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2018 17:36 UTC