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In a remarkable archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed what they believe to be a unique piece of human creativity — an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray. Initially mistaken for a ...

A paper published on January 29 in Rock Art Research says that a prehistoric rock, which to the untrained eye looks rather unassuming, may in fact be a 130,000 year-old “sand sculpture” animal carving ...

The symmetrical rock was found near Still Bay, a town located about 200 miles east of Cape Town. Helm et al. / Rock Art Research, 2024 In 2018, citizen scientist Emily Brink was exploring near Still ...

A hunk of rock found on the South African coast may be the oldest human artwork representing another animal, according to a team of researchers that examined the stone. The aeolianite rock was found ...

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The stone found along the Cape south coast in 2018 on the left compared to the shape of a blue stingray endemic to southern Africa on the right (all images courtesy Charles W. Helm) A team of ...

South Africa’s Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once ...

South Africa's Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once ...

Archaeologists uncover a 130,000-year-old sand sculpture resembling a stingray on South Africa's coast, rewriting the timeline of human art. Predating previous records by 85,000 years, the find ...

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