1 ▁C ave ▁complex ▁in ▁Nam ib ia , ▁and ▁dated ▁to ▁between ▁ 2 7 , 5 0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 2 , 5 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁substantial ▁amount ▁of ▁rock ▁art ▁att rib utable ▁to ▁the ▁Bush men ▁( San ) ▁found ▁throughout ▁Southern ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁this ▁art ▁is ▁recent ▁( as ▁evident ▁from ▁the ▁subject ▁matter ▁dep icted , ▁including ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁w ag ons ▁and ▁of ▁white ▁sett lers ▁we aring ▁h ats ), ▁but ▁the ▁oldest ▁samples ▁have ▁been ▁tent atively ▁dated ▁to ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 2 6 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Mat ob o ▁National ▁Park , ▁Z imb ab we , ▁has ▁many ▁rock ▁paint ings . ▁The ▁oldest ▁examples ▁to ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁possibly ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁while ▁the ▁bulk ▁were ▁likely ▁produced ▁between ▁c . ▁ 1 , 7 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Pet rog lyph s ▁in ▁West ▁Africa , ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁of ▁B id zar , ▁Cam ero on , ▁are ▁dated ▁to ▁after ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Amer icas ▁▁ ▁The ▁Amer icas ▁were ▁first ▁reached ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Last ▁Gla cial ▁Max imum . ▁The ▁oldest ▁known ▁art ▁from ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁dates ▁to ▁the ▁beginning ▁Hol oc ene