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South Africa, rock art
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.
South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests
But Benoit, who works at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has a different perspective. He says the animal resembles a dicynodont – a four-legged, toothless and tusked ancestor of today's mammals, whose fossils are abundant and conspicuous in the Karoo Basin.
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,
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.
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,
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South African Rock Art Depicts Extinct Creature Inspired By Fossils
A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South
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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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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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Coronation Art Gallery Celebrates African Art, Women Empowerment
Coronation Group, a leading financial services conglomerate, recently hosted an extraordinary celebration of African ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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