Aboriginal erotic rock art proves that ¿ even 28,000 years ago ¿ men had ONE thing on their minds

  • Explicit scenes depicted in Australia’s oldest known Aboriginal rock art
  • Series of drawings found on the roof of caves in the inaccessible
    wilderness in Arnhem Land in the country’s north
  • Excavations underneath saucy art discover hidden drawings that date back 28,000 years

By
Lawrence Conway

09:34 EST, 18 June 2012

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09:54 EST, 18 June 2012

The boundaries of art and sex have been blurred for some time – be it increasingly explicit content or the familiar practice of male artists starting a relationship with an attractive female muse.

But, as these Australian cave paintings show, it’s certainly not a modern thing for an artist to use his skills to portray sex and pornography.

The series of drawings found on the roof of caves in the inaccessible
wilderness in Arnhem Land, in the country’s north, clearly shows a couple having sex.

Window on the past: Aboriginal rock art discovered in the Australian outback by archaeologists was made 28,000 years about, shows artistic interests and subjects haven't changed that much over the years

Window on the past: Aboriginal rock art discovered in the Australian outback by archaeologists was made 28,000 years about, shows artistic interests and subjects haven’t changed that much over the years

Other sections of the wide-ranging artwork in white and red shows other figures engaged in some form of prehistoric porn. 

Archeologist Bryce Barker, a professor at the University of Southern Queensland, said – irrespective of the rather racy subject matter above – its what he and his team has been finding underneath the erotic art that ranked among rock art sites such
as France’s Chauvet caves, dated at older than 30,000 years, and caves in
northern Spain now thought to be 40,000 years old.

One section of artwork they have excavated, a stone with patterns drawn in charcoal, has been dated to 28,000 years old – making it one of the oldest artworks in the world.

Mr Barker said: ‘One of the things that makes this little fragment of art unique is that it is drawn in charcoal… which means we could directly date it. The fact remains that any rock art that is older than 20,000 years is very unique around the world.

Dramatic find: Bryce Barker from the University of Southern Queensland investigating the Aboriginal rock art in a cave in the Australian outback which features erotic drawings

Dramatic find: Bryce Barker from the University of Southern Queensland investigating the Aboriginal rock art in a cave in the Australian outback which features erotic drawings

‘It is amongst some of the oldest art in the world. And we’re convinced that we’ll find older and the reason is that the site this comes from, we know that Aboriginal people started using this site 45,000 years ago.’

The find was made at a massive rock shelter named Narwala Gabarnmang, which is covered on its ceiling and pillars with rock art, and only accessible by a 90-minute helicopter journey from the outback town of Katherine.

Archaeologists were first taken to the site five years ago by its Aboriginal custodians, the Jawoyn, who wanted to preserve the art and at the same time unlock some of the secrets of its history.

Fragment: A piece Aboriginal rock art on granite in a plastic bag that was tested and found to have been made 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest in Australia and among the oldest in the world

Fragment: A piece Aboriginal rock art on granite in a plastic bag that was tested and found to have been made 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest in Australia and among the oldest in the world

Mr Barker said: ‘We’ve only excavated a tiny fraction of the site and we expect there will be art older than 28,000 years in the site.’

He added that the fragment, which likely fell from the rock’s ceiling shortly after it was drawn and therefore preserved in the soil, could have been part of a human figure drawn in action, such as throwing a spear.

Aboriginal rock art is dotted throughout the vast nation, much of it undocumented, and some have speculated that the images could date back 45,000 years.

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Maybe this is the earliest form of a personal ad? I mean, clearly Mr. Caveman is exaggerating a bit.

I find this constant demeaning by the media making all of us men out to be brain-dead sex fiends to be very offensive.

i hope they used a condom.

‘Aboriginal erotic rock art proves that – even 28,000 years ago – men had ONE thing on their minds.’
House Prices ???????

OMG are they mating with reptiles !!! Either that or they were very bad hair days…..not much else to do then DM once it got dark they were long nights!!!!

Why pixilate the first picture but not the same image to the right of the second picture? Be consistent at least DM. Seems our ancestors liked some back door action!

Sex isn’t the only thing in life, but it is way ahead of whatever is in second place.

Oh come on ! some people have such vivid immaginations.
Whether it was all painted by a male or female, if they had been bright enough
they could have painted the whole cave in an afternoon using a paint roller.

Oh, dear. You’ve upset the wimmin. Whoever it was painted by, it’s just as well they were thinking of sex otherwise we might not be here now….

How do you know a woman didn’t paint it? Was it signed?

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