Earliest description of volcanoes was 37,000 years ago
The oldest record of any sort of description of a volcano goes back to 37,000 years, in the form of a cave painting in France, discovered in 1994. A volcanic field dating eruptions to the same period was found 35 km away, confirming the depiction. However, the oldest scientific account of eruption dates to 79 AD describing Italy's Mount Vesuvius.