South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests
Indigenous people in southern Africa may have been painting long-extinct creatures from 260 million years ago, even before Western archaeologists described the fossils. In a thought-provoking new paper,
Mysterious Rock Art May Depict 'Strange' Animal From 250 Million Years Ago
The paintings, found on the wall of a rock shelter under a short ... as the San would have found dicynodonts before Western scientists did. This brings a new perspective to the history of sciences and how we conceive 'discoveries,'" Benoit said.
Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing
Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.
Extinct species may have inspired South African rock art
A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a study published September 18, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Julien Benoit of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mystery creature in South African rock art could be long-extinct species, study finds
Mystery creature in South African rock art could be long-extinct species, study finds - Tusked animal depicted in rock art doesn’t match any modern species
South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species
A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study.
African Rock Art May Show Extinct Animal That Lived Millions Of Years Before Humans
In the Karoo Basin of South Africa, an unusual tusked beast is painted on a rock wall. Archaeologists have previously pondered whether the artwork depicts a mythical creature from the realm of fantasy,
A Fossilized Creature May Explain a Puzzling Painting on a Rock Wall
The artwork suggests that the San people of South Africa have an Indigenous knowledge of paleontology that predated Western ...
Mysterious South African cave painting may have been inspired by fossils
The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.
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