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South African Cave Art May Depict Extinct Animal from 250 M. Years Ago, New Study Finds
If the painting in fact depicts a dicynodont, it would then predate the first formal scientific record of these animals by at least 10 years.
South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species, suggests research
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,
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.
South African Rock Art Appears to Draw Upon Extinct Creatures
For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of creatures that went extinct more than 200 million years ago. A study in PLOS ONE says that not only did the San draw on bones of dicynodonts - large animals with downward-turning tusks that roamed the Earth before dinosaurs - but that they beat Western paleontologists to the punch.
Remarkable 200-Year-Old Rock Painting May Depict a Strange Animal That Went Extinct 250 Million Years Ago
The Horned Serpent Panel from southern Africa predates the first Western scientific description of the dicynodont, a large mammal ancestor with tusks, by at least a decade
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.
Mysterious Rock Art May Depict 'Strange' Animal From 250 Million Years Ago
Indigenous painting may portray a long extinct creature that appeared before the first dinosaurs, a study found.
Ancient rock art in South Africa depicts extinct tusked animal
By Stephen Beech via SWNS A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art may have been inspired by a long-extinct creature preserved as fossils in the region. The Horned Serpent panel is a section of rock wall featuring artwork of animals and other cultural elements associated with the local San people,
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,
Saxon Hotel’s Renovation Showcases South African Art And Culture
Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg has undergone a comprehensive renovation, blending modern African creativity with timeless ...
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Snelson-Golden students visit African art museum
Students from Snelson-Golden Middle School learned more about Africa, its history and its art with a recent visit to the ...
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 ...
African And Buddhist Art At The Aldrich Museum Of Contemporary Art
Layo Bright and Elizabeth Englander use Ridgefield, Connecticut to challenge notions of Asian and African art.
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South African rock art of mystery creature 'strangely flexed like a banana' might be tusked reptile that predated dinosaurs
Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by ...
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Actress CCH Pounder’s art collection comes to the African American Museum
The actress, who has been on television for decades, is also a major collector of contemporary art. She loaned 40 pieces to ...