The first style, which began between 52,000 and 40,000 years ago, uses red and orange hues and includes hand stencils and paintings of large animals that lived in the surrounding area.

The animals, said Dr Aubert, are "painted in the same style with a large body and small legs". To come up with the 40,000-year date for the painting of the animal, Dr Aubert and colleagues used ...

The oldest cave art image is a large reddish-orange painting of an animal, similar to the wild banteng still found in the jungles of Borneo. This has a minimum age of 40,000 years.

The animals, said Dr Aubert, are "painted in the same style with a large body and small legs". To come up with the 40,000-year date for the painting of the animal, Dr Aubert and colleagues used ...