Discovered the first artwork of prehistoric people

According to the Nature magazine on December 4, an Australian scientist has discovered that the first work of art was created by human ancestors.

This fossilized shell is believed to date at least 430,000 years ago.(Source: sciencemag)

Dr. Stephen Munro of the Australian National University photographed fossilized shells found on Indonesia's Java island in 2007.

After a thorough examination, he found out on a clam shell with simple zigzag marks. These fossilized shells are thought to date at least 430,000 years ago, even about 300,000 years older than the ancient Neanderthal carvings.

Dr. Munro thinks that this type of carving has never appeared anywhere in the world until about 130,000 years ago according to archaeological records. Based on the chronology and location of this fossilized shell, the pattern on the shell may be carved by the gibbon Homo (thought to have appeared more than 1.8 million years ago).

According to Dr. Munro, this discovery rewrites human history, bringing Homo closer to our times, and also leads to the hypothesis that prehistoric people live near the coast and eat shellfish ( clams, oysters, shrimp, crabs), different from the previous hypothesis that they live in grasslands and hunting.

Reference: sciencemag.