The earliest known drawing in human history – a red, cross-hatched pattern that looks somewhat like a hashtag – has been unearthed on a rock in South Africa.

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Archaeologists have made an incredible finding of a human drawing that dates back more than 70,000 years, making it the oldest human drawing ever discovered. The finding, published in Nature, was ...

Scientists have discovered what they claim to be the earliest-known human drawing in Blombos Cave, 300 kilometres west of Cape Town, South Africa.