▁art ▁of ▁compar able ▁age ▁to ▁the ▁oldest ▁European ▁samples ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁has ▁established ▁that ▁similar ▁art istic ▁trad itions ▁existed ▁both ▁in ▁eastern ▁and ▁in ▁western ▁E uras ia ▁at ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁This ▁has ▁been ▁taken ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁such ▁an ▁art istic ▁tradition ▁must ▁in ▁fact ▁date ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁spread ▁along ▁the ▁southern ▁coast ▁of ▁E uras ia ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁coast al ▁migration ▁movement . ▁The ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁figur ative ▁painting ▁dated ▁to ▁over ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( per haps ▁as ▁old ▁as ▁ 5 2 , 0 0 0 ) ▁years ▁old , ▁of ▁an ▁unknown ▁animal , ▁has ▁been ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁cave ▁on ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁island ▁of ▁Bor neo . ▁It ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁note ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁this ▁period ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁lost , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁sub mer ged ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Hol oc ene ▁sea ▁level ▁rise . ▁ ▁C ave ▁art ▁in ▁Europe ▁continued ▁to ▁the ▁Mes ol ith ic ▁( at ▁the ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oc ene ) ▁about ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁European ▁Upper ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁art ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁inform ally ▁as ▁" I ce ▁Age ▁art ", ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁last ▁gla cial