Julien Benoit, the paper’s author, explains to Popular Science that the painting is thus doubly significant: “First for the ...

Indigenous painting may portray a long extinct creature that appeared before the first dinosaurs, a study found.

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

But Benoit, who works at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has a different perspective. He says the animal ...

Researchers say this 200-year-old South African cave painting likely depicts an animal that has been dead for over 200 ...

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 ...

The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes. Some researchers think the scene could be the world's oldest-recorded story.

The painting was created by the San people of southern Africa between 1821 and 1835. Called “the Horned Serpent panel,” the ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election A strange tusked creature depicted by indigenous people in ...

B, close up of the section figured in Stow and Bleek’s plate 39. C, close up of the tusked animal. D, close up of the warriors painted below the Horned Serpent panel. E, close up of the warriors ...

Corbitt said in March there was no indication the paint problem was dangerous to people or animals. The county used paint approved for animal shelters since stressed dogs often lick walls.

The re-dedication of SUNY Delhi's veterinary science facility, Farnsworth Hall, took place Sept. 6, in a ribbon-cutting ...