World's oldest story dating back to 44,000 years found in Indonesian curve art: Research published in Nature journal on 11 December confirms humanity's oldest story in the form of cave art in Indonesia. Australia's Griffith University confirmed the finding of a 4.5 meter or 13-foot wide painting found in Indonesia two years ago, dates back to 43,900 years.
For a long time, Europe is said to have the oldest cave arts dating back to 14,000 to 21,000 years only. But the recent findings in Indonesia are changing with discoveries of cave arts dating back to 40,000 years some time back and now with nearly 44,000 years ago.
On the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, 4.5-meter cave art was found two years back. For the past two years, researchers of Australia's Griffith University analyzed cave art with the latest dating technologies. Now it is confirmed that it dates back to 43,900 years and belongs to the Upper Paleolithic period.