The 18th century Indigenous painting may portray a long extinct creature that appeared before the first dinosaurs, a study found.
A mysterious example of Indigenous rock art from South Africa may depict a 'strange' animal that lived more than 200 million years ago and went extinct long before the appearance of the first humans, a researcher has proposed.For a study published in the journal
ONE, the author investigated the Horned Serpent Panel, a section of rock wall located at the La Belle France site in the country's Free State Province, which features artworks painted by the San people at least two hundred years ago.The paintings, found on the wall of a rock shelter under a short, sandstone overhang, portray animals and other elements associated with the San. Among the animals is an enigmatic long-bodied creature with downward-turned tusks.
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