But this small silcrete flake is the oldest drawing (as opposed to engraving) ever found. It contains the same type of cross-hatched pattern as engraved artifacts from the site, so the crayon ...

A red ochre crayon was applied to the smooth silcrete flake to form the three-by-six pattern. To prove that the red lines were a bona fide drawing, and not the result of natural processes ...

In fact, it is the first known drawing ever made by human hands. “This is the beginnings of cultural modernity and sophisticated behaviour,” says Colin Renfrew at the University of Cambridge ...