Earliest findings for Hominid art refers to archaeological findings that might be evidence of an artistic awareness and artistic-like activities from early ancestors of modern Homo sapiens. There is no known evidence to indicate artistic activity in homonids of the Middle Stone Age. Artistic activity is defined as decorative production and production of either images or objects such as statues.
Locating the earliest art work depends upon the suitability of the thing proposed as art with respect to a consensually agreed definition, as to those necessary factors characteristic of something fulfilling the purpose of artistic creation.
History
The earliest human artistic representations are thought to be African rock art made from red ochre around 100,000 B.C. in South Africa. The cave where the ochre mix was found, the Blombos Cave, also contained snail shell jewellery and engraved stones dating from 75,000 years ago.